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Office usage has changed for many employees and HR leaders, making workplace analytics increasingly essential for understanding how employees use their workspaces and, subsequently, how employers should invest in real estate.
According to Gallup, 50% of full-time U.S. employees currently hold jobs that can be performed remotely. Before the pandemic, the majority of these remote-capable employees still worked primarily on-site, and remote work was considered the exception rather than the norm. Now, most remote-capable roles involve at least some degree of work from home, with Gallup data citing that only 21% of remote-capable roles are performed totally in-office.
Remote and hybrid work are now the norm for millions, reshaping where work happens. As companies adapt, HR teams are leading a data-driven shift in how organizations manage their physical spaces. According to Caitlin Kamm, director of people growth at workplace platform Envoy, analytics-informed workplace decisions represent one of the most significant changes in HR strategy today.
Where to start with workplace analytics
Envoy researchers found that 54% of companies are already using analytics to track when employees show up to the office, Kamm explains. “However, many are still making million-dollar real estate decisions based on executive intuition rather than hard data.”
