- Only 34% of Korean and 30% of Taiwanese knowledge workers will spend part of their week working remotely after 2022, less than elsewhere in Asia Pacific
- Smaller companies expect less flexibility owing to the inadequacy of technical infrastructure and remote work tools among smaller companies. Only 19.4% of small companies expect to see flexibility in their work weeks compared with 37.7% of larger companies.
- In Hong Kong, companies are embracing hybrid working models as a key benefit to attract and retain talent. Exorbitant commercial rental costs in the city state have also driven the popularity of hybrid work.
- Companies across the region are grappling with the sunk costs of empty offices, but many are still looking to upsize their real estate footprint.
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Ritu Bhandari is a Manager with the Policy & Insights team at Economist Impact. She has over six years of experience working in a wide range of public policy topics including education, technology and sustainability. At Economist Impact, she manages research programs for private-sector, governments and NGO clients in Asia, covering topics like food security, climate & sustainability, and globalisation and trade. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, where she specialised in economic policy analysis.
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