In September, Amazon announced a radical end to remote work. In France, some examples of decline are emerging, and reveal the tension between employers for whom “teleworking would harm team cohesion, productivity and creativity, without there being any documented study at the macroeconomic level”and employees who praise “gain in autonomy and quality of life at work”.
It is in these terms that Laurent Cappelletti, professor of management sciences at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts, began the RH meetings, the monthly meeting of management news, created by The World and organized in partnership with the Association for Executive Employment (APEC) and the National Association of HR Directors (ANDRH), which were held in Bordeaux on Thursday, November 21.
“There is no going back. It has become a structural component of the organization of work,” recalls Valérie Fenaux, APEC delegate in New Aquitaine. The organization surveyed executives in March: two thirds of them have at least one day a week, a quarter more than two days, and 45% would be ready to change companies if their management returned to the remote work.
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Once this observation has been made, can companies return to what the employees concerned consider to be a “very strong new social achievement” ? These are the words of Marion Haramburu, human resources manager (HRR) at Ubisoft, who speaks with knowledge of the facts: in October, following its announcement of the return of teams three days a week on site, the video game publisher saw birth an unprecedented strike. “The majority of teams do pure creation, the question arose of strengthening creativity, of recreating the collective. But this was poorly received, the step is high to move even for a day. »
Charters and agreements
Coming out of Covid, some companies may have been trapped by going too far: “Teleworking has enabled new methods of organization, but we were in excess after the health crisis. We opened the floodgates, and we are coming to regulate it”summarizes Audrey Guidez, president of ANDRH Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and HR director of information at France Télévisions.
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Supervision by charters and agreements is the first step to regulate teleworking. “The volume has been validated since Covid, one day per week for those in contact with the field, two for support functions, but the modalities came laterexplains Aurélie Planet, RRH at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of Gironde. Our first agreement was not suitable for all professions, now the days are no longer necessarily fixed. On the other hand, it is prohibited during school holidays, upon returning or just before vacation. »
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