Is the mandatory return to the office a form of "quiet dismissal"? Working from home is so valuable to employees that they may even perceive the measure as a pay cut. At Amazon, it was announced in mid-September that all employees would have to return to the office full-time. Many companies have moved in this direction recently, the question is how will the trend continue? What can help flexible working to work effectively. Diána Ehlers, member of the Hungarian Telework Association, thought further about the developments.

After Magyar Telekom, another company experimenting with a 4-day working week, Libri, did not like the working time model either.

What are the challenges facing HR and recruitment? Do we need a special mindset for Generation Z? Is a female leadership quota in companies a good thing? These and similar professional questions were discussed at the recruiTECH recruitment conference by Magda Bába-Szabó, HR Director of Generali Biztosító and Anett Bognár, HR Manager of KPMG Delivery Network with recruitment expert Gábor Toldi.

Before COVID, the home office was the privilege of workers in multinational companies, but during the epidemic it became a mandatory work schedule in office jobs and has now become a symbol of modern working in our country. Yet while in the EU, on average, 22% work from home or in hybrid working arrangements, the figure is only 10% in this country.

Another 4-day working week project! 280 employees of PwC Hungary's audit business will work from Monday to Thursday over the three summer months. True, there are no free 13 Fridays off. The 104 hours will have to be worked off later, when the workload is heavier.

In Hungary, the share of atypical work has always been low, with low rates of teleworking and home office work. Then came Covid, which suddenly forced everyone who could into the home office, a third of all office workers. And the explosion in technology supported this. With the epidemic gone, the return to hybrid working began. Today, the proportion of people working regularly and occasionally from home is around 8%, according to the KSH. The process is ongoing and the framework is changing. Trends and expectations are summarised.

Nearly a fifth of domestic businesses surveyed have tightened home office rules in the past year, according to a Schneider Electric survey. The option of working from home is widespread, with 90 per cent of HR professionals surveyed indicating that their company has such an option, but there is also a growing need to set and strictly enforce the framework.

In order to strengthen the corporate culture and to encourage personal contact with customers and employees, SAP Hungary Kft. announced the introduction of a new hybrid working system in line with the global guidelines of the German software company.

In a world of hybrid working, business travel has a whole new role to play, and can now be more about building positive, long-term relationships between employees.

The home office is no longer a rarity. Since the pandemic, the proportion of employees who do their daily work from home has increased significantly. However, it is also worth looking at businesses. Many businesses that can be run online also require a home office. How can we set it up properly?

Even the role model Google will tighten its grip on whether workers spend at least three days a week in the office.