Employee behavior is always evolving, due in part to factors like economic shifts, generational trends, and societal views around work. Today, though, the continued impact of the pandemic has drastically altered employee workplace habits and behaviors. In comparison to the slow and gradual changes in the past, we’re seeing rapid transformations in a short period of time.

Offices all over the world are generating more workplace data than ever before. Thanks to huge leaps forward in the development of workplace technology, workplace experience managers and strategists can find out how well their office is performing against their goals.

In this era of hybrid work, employees grapple with having too many choices. Socially-dictated workplace norms such as assigned seating, working from the office, and the 40-hour work week are being increasingly challenged.

The past few years have transformed the property management technology landscape. Employees have been forced to confront new ways of working, which have been challenging for most and led to unpredictable surges in demand for office space. As businesses reevaluate their space usage with the shift to hybrid work and flexible workplaces, the C-suite is requesting more spatial data in order to make good workplace decisions. That's where the latest workplace sensor intelligence comes in.

Today, we’re thrilled to launch VergeSense’s 2022 State of the Workplace Data Report. To help your business understand how workplace utilization is shifting and the upcoming trends you can expect, we analyzed space utilization across 550 buildings globally, which includes over 100,000 spaces. Download the full report now to unlock the latest findings.

CBRE’s 2022 commercial real estate outlook report shows promise for office space use — but the growth in employees returning to the office in 2022 is complicated by massive amounts of new construction. The report revealed that 87% of employers plan to use a hybrid work approach, and that the office vacancy rate has hit its highest level since 1993 due to the increase in hybrid work and the 53 million+ square feet of new office construction.

The metaverse has been a prevalent conversation topic for enterprise organizations since its launch. As Facebook (Meta) and Microsoft publicize plans to work in these new “virtual spaces”, many are curious about what exactly they are, and how the metaverse will impact businesses and the workplace.

Over the past few years, there has been a change in how employees interact with their workspaces. Workplace management teams are developing new ways to improve the employee experience — whether they’re working at the office, at home, or both.

As the world has begun adapting to remote and hybrid work over the past few years, organizations are beginning to return to the office. For companies taking this as an opportunity to implement new flexible and hybrid workplace policies, many are contemplating what this return means for their workplace infrastructure.

The pandemic drastically accelerated changes in how employees work. For about a year, most offices were closed altogether, and every employee whose job could be done from home was able to be successful through collaborative technology. While remote work was an option prior to the pandemic, now, it’s been normalized as an option that matches office productivity levels, or surpasses them for some employees.