Security News > 2021 > September > Small businesses need to step up efforts to secure and retain hybrid workers
It's pretty clear that hybrid work is here to stay, for the foreseeable future, anyway, and yet, only 31% of small businesses are shipping laptops to at least some employees, according to a new report.
The Tech at Work survey from GetApp, part of Gartner Digital Markets, also found that one in four workers used their personal laptop for work before the pandemic.
Some 88% of respondents said they believe employers should be responsible for covering at least some costs associated with working from home, but nearly half of workers have spent anywhere from $100 to $500 of their own money on their remote workspace.
This recent study of small business workers also found that 67% of hybrid worker respondents said having visibility into the schedule of colleagues working on-site would have a moderate to strong influence on their decision to work at the office on particular days.
"Therefore, hybrid work is likely going to be the dominant working model going forward. This means that IT leaders need to design their processes to enable their business to use any mix of in-office and remote work models they choose with minimal disruption if swift workplace changes are needed again."
GetApp conducted the Tech at Work Survey in July 2021 among 575 U.S.-based workers at small businesses with at least partially hybrid work models.