85% of employees believe that teleworking has a negative impact on their advancement

Teleworking would have unintended consequences. For four out of ten employees, it could well have an impact on their career development and their advancement. For almost all of these employees, ie 85%, this impact would be negative. This is what emerges from a survey carried out by the social network LinkedIn and unveiled by the site of Capital. More than half of the employees surveyed believe that those who are seen regularly at their workplace are more likely to be well seen by their boss and to be favored. Worse, for nearly a quarter of them, exactly 23%, it is far from the eyes, far from the heart. They fear being left out of promotion decisions because they telecommute.

Business leaders find these fears to be well founded. No less than a third of them (32%) fear seeing what Linkedin calls a “proximity bias”. One way to favor employees who come to the office most often over those who spend more time teleworking. A bias that they hope to correct, however. By asking their managers to show more empathy and trust (33% of bosses), and not to rely on the time spent in the workplace as a basis for their opinion.

Some companies have given a clear answer to this problem. Like Unilever France, which has just implemented its new way of working. A new way to organize work on site, in the office, and at home. The rule is simple, you are only allowed to come to the office, and strictly only, to “brainstorm”, that is to say to have team meetings and to generate new ideas, to have social relations with your colleagues. colleagues and to move forward on substantive issues. Everything else has to be done remotely.

Moreover, employees cannot come to headquarters more than eight days a month, with a minimum of one day a week, no more. No more worrying about whether we will be well seen. Better, in reality, not to be seen too often.