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The idea of being "in-office" appears to be a thing of the past in this continuously changing world as the concept of virtual workspaces is becoming prominent. With much of the world's workforce demanding their employers for Hybrid, Flexible and Remote working models, companies have started accepting the reality of a flexible working model with some versions of Hybrid, Remote and Flexible models in practice.

In fact, a recent study by Upwork found that by 2028, 73% of all departments are expected to have remote workers. So, it can be fairly said that incorporating virtual workspaces is swiftly becoming the ultimate baseline.

If you look at the last 80 years of the world’s work culture, there was a recurring trend of significant change in the workplace every few decades. It started with the industrial revolution; the use of coal, which got replaced by gas, which in turn got replaced by electricity and then got revolutionised by the Internet and renewable energy.

All of these had a significant impact on the work culture of the respective workforce of the time. The industrial revolution changed traditional farming and agriculture to let people work in factories while coal and gas helped mechanise a lot of their equipment and then the electricity further enhanced the ease and productivity of the industries which then got replaced by automation and robotics. It all happened in the last 200 years.

This trend of workforce revolution is now at a stage where it’s getting ready for another revolution. The revolution of workplace flexibility. 

Gone are the days when Freelancers used to be the small-timers who were looking for short-term gigs. The current trend is that much of Small Medium scale businesses depend on Freelancers for their day-to-day requirements in tech, content as well as marketing and sales requirements. 

As the Flexible statistics say: 70% of SMBs in the U.S. have worked with freelancers at least once. 81% of these companies plan to hire freelancers again. 83% agree that freelancers have greatly helped their business.

The remote working revolution has established a new work culture where employees are free to work from any place in the world.

In remote work cultures, the most challenging task for the employer is to create a healthy employee remote work experience.

Today, going to work no longer means going into a specific office like it used to; as many countries enter a post-pandemic world, we’re seeing flexible work environments— a mix of remote and on-site working, emerge across many organizations from small-scale to large companies. Remote work trends are increasing post-pandemic period.