\n\tFormAssembly, a cloud-based form and data collection platform, asked 100-plus customers key questions regarding the work-from-home mandate during the COVID-19 pandemic, including lessons learned and the appetite for being in a \u201creal\u201d office again. Key findings include:<\/p>\n
\n\t\u2022 There is no hurry to return to the office.<\/strong> More than half of the survey respondents (60%) prefer to work from home for the near future, with 27% open to a part-time model.<\/p>\n \n\t\u2022 Video is the new black.<\/strong> Some 81% of respondents spent one to three hours on video per day, with 16% spending more than four. More than half (54%) prefer video meetings over face-to-face\u2014even when they return to the workplace.<\/p>\n \n\t\u2022 Zoom tops every list as a communication tool for team communications.<\/strong> An overwhelming 80% of respondents prefer Zoom for video meetings, followed by Google Meet (40%). Favored communication tools overall include Zoom (44%), Slack (33%), and Microsoft Teams (24%).<\/p>\n \n\t\u2022 Culture is key to keeping your employees engaged and motivated.<\/strong> More than half of the respondents (66%) acknowledged their organization\u2019s quest to maintain the company culture even during a pandemic. The most popular virtual event was a coffee talk session (37%), followed by happy hours (35%) and virtual group activities such as art lessons or baking (19%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \n\tMore than half of the respondents (60%) to a FormAssembly survey prefer to work from home for the near future, with 27% open to a part-time model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[18],"class_list":{"0":"post-11712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-magazine","7":"tag-training-today","8":"magazine_issues-september-2020"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n