Staff at telecoms firm, Speed Fibre Group, will be required to work one mandatory day in the office per week as part of the company's new hybrid working policy.
The company, which is the home of telecommunication businesses Enet, AirSpeed Telecom and Magnet Networks, is the first SME telecom group to announce its post-Covid hybrid working policy.
The business, which has offices in Limerick and Dublin, has over 200 staff and the move means the team will be able to work from home for up to four days a week.
The approach has been informed by a detailed survey of the group to ascertain their preferences for hybrid working. Flexibility, Connectivity and Collaboration were the main themes which emerged and led the change to implementing a new way of working.
All employees currently continue to work remotely under government guidelines. The new policy will come into effect pending further government announcements over the next few months.
The company said staff will have the option to attend the office for more than one day if they desire, dependant on workstation availability and on relevant government guidance. They will also be able to choose when they start and finish their work day.
Another significant element of Speed Fibre Group's new hybrid working model is the support of the code of practice on the 'Right to Disconnect’. All team members, including senior management and the Executive Leadership Team, are now encouraged to refrain from communications outside of office hours, including sending emails, instant messaging, mobile messaging, or telephone calls unless there is a significant business need or priority. This move, the business believes, will allow time to switch off and reconnect to personal and family time.
Claire Murphy, Group General Counsel, said throughout the pandemic, Speed Fibre Group, experienced a strong performance from its team while working with a largely remote workforce. "The structures we adopted during this time allowed us to maintain productivity and achieve our goals and our team demonstrated fantastic commitment and met the increased demands placed on them. As well as engaging in our day to day work, we also used our time during the first lockdown to strengthen the communication and collaboration between all departments by introducing cross functional huddles enabling all employees to meet with co-workers in an informal virtual setting twice a week."
"As a result, we’re delighted to be in a position to continue offering remote working in the future. We have adopted a mindset and culture that ‘nothing stands in our way’, and this has resulted in a high-performance culture where teams are solution focused and extremely agile in meeting the needs of our customers."
