Navigating the new normal: Examining coattendance in a hybrid work environment.

ABSTRACT: The recent rise of hybrid work poses novel challenges for synchronizing in-office work schedules. Using anonymized building access data, we quantified coattendance patterns among ~43k employees at a large global technology company. We used two-way fixed effects regression models to investigate the association between an employee's presence in the office and that of their manager and teammates. Our analysis shows that employee in-person attendance was 29% higher when their manager was present. Moreover, a 1-SD increase in the share of teammates who were present yielded a 16% increase in the individual employee's attendance. We also observed greater coattendance among employees who were recently hired, have a Corporate or Operations role, or work in shared office spaces. Thus, we find eviden

SUBMITTER: Charpignon ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10743359 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature