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title: The hidden human cost of hybrid working
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# [The hidden human cost of hybrid working](https://blog.fastrack.technology/insights/podcast-ep10)

 Written by [Eren Ercan](https://blog.fastrack.technology/insights/author/eren-ercan) | June 04, 2021

You could argue that the sudden, global shift to full-time remote working in 2020 was equal parts blessing and a curse for business productivity.

During the peak of the pandemic, many organisations were forced to redefine the "normal" workday. As a result, many accelerated their adoption of technologies and policies that facilitated full-time work from home. The 'blessing' being that when lockdowns eased, those organisations were better placed to move to hybrid work — a blended model where some employees return to the workplace and others continue to work from home.

> The 'curse' however, behind the [general growth in productivity in the last 12 months](https://ms-worklab.azureedge.net/files/reports/hybridWork/pdf/2021_Microsoft_WTI_Report_March.pdf), is an exhausted workforce. Despite the majority of business leaders citing that they are [thriving right now](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/hybrid-work), our employees say they are struggling and overworked.

The average person is spending 148% more time in meetings, sending [45% more messages, and working on 66% more documents](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/hybrid-work).

[In this episode of the Anywhere Operations Podcast](https://anchor.fm/fastrack-technology/episodes/Enabling-productivity-in-a-hybrid-working-environment-e11nuho), special guest Dan Bowen (Technology Strategist, Microsoft) and Michael Herbert (General Manager, Operations, Fastrack) discuss how to adopt hybrid working while minimising the human costs.

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## Presenters

| Dan Bowen Technology Strategist, Microsoft | **Michael Herbert** General Manager, Technology | **Hayden van Roon** General Manager, Marketing & Sales |
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