Australian tech company Canva has announced that it will only require employees to come into the office eight times a year going forward.
In a blog post titled, Future of Work: Flexibility and Connection, the global company outlined its plans for creating a flexible hybrid workplace.
Going forward employees would no longer be required to be in the office for a certain amount of days a week, instead, individuals could choose what works best for them, the company said in the blog post, “We believe in the mantra of what works for you, works for us.”
The blog went onto explain that 79 per cent of the Canva team had said they felt productive working from home and 81 per cent had said they would like to continue having flexibility.
However, Canva also announced that they would expect employees to return to the office, one or two times a season. This means Canva employees still need to be able to visit physical offices.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported, founder, Cameron Adams, said: “We’ve had a taste of what that flexibility looks like and being able to spend more time with your family, prioritise your day and figure out when you want to work, what you want to work on.
“Even I and my two co-founders have really enjoyed that flexibility and that ability to come into the office when we want, meet people when we need to do a Zoom call and juggle all the things.
