Hybrid Work
A working model that combines time spent working in an office with time spent working remotely, typically on a schedule agreed between the employee and their employer.
Hybrid work sits between fully office-based and fully remote work. In a hybrid model, employees split their time between working from an office and working from home or another location. The split varies by organisation: some require a fixed number of office days per week, others leave it to team or individual discretion, and others mandate presence for specific meetings or collaboration activities.
Hybrid work has become the dominant model in many large organisations following the COVID-19 pandemic. It attempts to balance the collaboration and social benefits of in-person work with the flexibility and focus benefits of remote work. In practice, the success of hybrid work depends heavily on how it is designed and managed.
A poorly designed hybrid model — where remote employees are systematically disadvantaged in meetings, career opportunities, and visibility compared to their in-office peers — is sometimes called "hybrid in name only." Equitable hybrid work requires deliberate investment in technology, meeting norms, and management practices that ensure all employees have equal access to information and opportunity regardless of their location on any given day.