Impact of Hybrid Work Option on Employee Perceptions: An Empirical Study of IT Sector Employees in Gurugram

Abstract

This research aims to comprehend the benefits, challenges, and overall acceptance of hybrid working mode among IT professionals in Gurugram. Data was collected through Comprehensive survey questionnaires and in-depth interviews with 234 employees from various IT firms. The IT sector is currently experiencing continuous growth, which could enhance a number of factors that have positive and negative effects on employee WLB, productivity, preferences, and working conditions. Hybrid mode follows by many of past year but after pandemic it shows its existence in full swing. it became evident. Every coin has two phases where employees are doing work from home in a comfortable working environment and sharing more time with family. Simultaneously, it creates problems to make necessary arrangements for working conditions, misses social interaction, and increase working hours for employees. Hybrid mode also has an impact on job performances, the policies of the organization, the work-life balance of employees, and the employee’s perception. There are new situations and challenges for both organizations and employees when they switch from traditional to hybrid mode. For this study, data was collected from IT employees in the Gurugram region. The findings indicate a generally Perception of Hybrid Woking mode, hybrid is future or not what employees think?