Bosses ‘tighten their grip’ as working from home job adverts fall for seventh consecutive month – The Telegraph

British bosses are turning their backs on home working and hauling more staff back to the office as companies abandon remote roles.

Job adverts for fully remote roles declined for the seventh straight month in November, according to data from LinkedIn, and now represent just one in ten listings on the recruitment platform, down from a peak of 16pc.

Last month saw the lowest share of remote work ads posted since the company started compiling data in January 2021, just before England entered its third national lockdown.

Remote working surged during the pandemic and remained popular in the months after as a skills and worker shortage forced businesses to offer higher pay and more flexible working to lure recruits.

However, executives are becoming more reluctant to offer remote work as the economy deteriorates and amid increasing concerns about the impact of working from home on productivity and innovation. Half of British executives want their staff to work in the office more, according to a recent LinkedIn survey.

Josh Graff, LinkedIn’s managing director for Europe, said: “Leaders are tightening their grip as they prepare for continued uncertainty in 2023, and that’s translating into companies pulling back on remote work. The challenging economic conditions are leading to more than a slowdown in hiring – they are also prompting employers to cut down on post-pandemic flexible work options.”

Mr Graff said there was a growing disconnect between how job seekers and employers want people to work, which was preventing some people from applying for jobs.

“We’re on the verge of a ‘Great Mismatch’ between what employees want from work and what many employers are now offering when it comes to remote roles.”

Concerns about a reluctance to come back to the office among staff is one of the top concerns for a third of executives, LinkedIn found.

“Organisations are minimising disruption where they can and reverting to what they know: office-based work,” said Mr Graff. 

“But remote work has become very popular with job seekers – on LinkedIn we see double the amount of applications for every remote role in the UK, and we know that more than a third of UK workers would be prepared to quit their job if they were told to return to the office full-time.”

While Mr Graff said less flexibility by employers meant they could miss out on top talent, there is growing concern in government and among managers that working from home has contributed to the under-delivery of public services and has stifled innovation.

Government data shows some of the departments hit by lengthy delays and accusations of poor service had fewer than half of their staff in the office for most of the year, including HMRC.

A separate survey by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) found one in seven companies are planning to force more staff back to the office next year, with only 4pc saying they would increase days working from home.

The CMI poll showed companies outside London were more likely to be office-based, with younger bosses more likely to promote working from home. Managers are also struggling to boost team spirit and welcome new joiners because of the policy, it said.

In the US, Snapchat recently ordered staff to return to the office at least three days a week and Apple has launched a crackdown on employees who are working fully remotely.

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