June 22, 2021: Nokia said its employees could choose to work three days a week with an increase in flexible working hours from January after the end of its current work from home working policy ends in December.
The Finnish telecom equipment maker conducted a survey of its employees late last year and the majority said they wanted to work two to three days a week on average, two days before coronavirus pandemic. “Organizations dealing with epidemics have been forced to change,” said Pekka Lundmark, chief executive.
Technology has given people the tools to innovate. In many respects, the results have been great in returning to the old way of doing good. The company, which had about 92,000 employees in 130 countries at the end of 2020, said in March that it It plans to cut 10,000 jobs in two years to cut costs and invest more in research capabilities.
Nokia says offices in some places should be redesigned to allow up to 70% of space for teamwork and meetings, with less space for work. Offices in Dallas, Singapore and Budapest have already been restructured, and more sites are expected to be completed by the end of this year as Nokia follows companies from around the world to choose more hybrids to operate after the pandemic.
Followed Renault and Stellantis, carmakers that make Puegeot and Citroen cars, have signed agreements with workers to allow employees to work from home three days a week.
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