<p>Five in 10 Indian employees, currently part of the hybrid work regime, say they were more productive while working remotely as they avoided traffic woes, a Gartner report said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Indian workers reported that they gained more productivity working remotely and not dealing with pronounced traffic conditions which could span three to four hours each way.</p>.<p>"Indian workers' use of technology has accelerated since the onset of the global pandemic in 2020," said Rashmi Kotipalli, principal research analyst at Gartner.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/57-of-workers-now-pick-employer-based-on-work-life-balance-1048907.html" target="_blank">57% of workers now pick employer based on work-life balance</a></strong></p>.<p>"Improved digital dexterity, willingness to use real-time mobile messaging and virtual meeting solutions, along with scheduled flexibility, led to employees experiencing an uptick in their overall productivity while working from home," she added in a statement.</p>.<p>Choice of location and flexible working hours are the top enablers for productivity in the hybrid work landscape.</p>.<p>The survey showed that Indian workers use real-time mobile messaging daily.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/indian-it-firms-reluctant-to-provide-permanent-work-from-home-options-1038214.html" target="_blank">Indian IT firms reluctant to provide permanent work from home options</a></strong></p>.<p>Of those surveyed, 83 per cent Indian digital workers confirmed that they use real-time mobile messaging to conduct most work activities and prefer this tool over other virtual communication tools available when working remotely.</p>.<p>"Digital workplace technologies have now emerged as the core components of the "new work hub" which represents an evergreen collection of cloud-based, personal and team productivity technologies," said Kotipalli during Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2021.</p>.<p>Globally, 60 per cent of workers said they use messaging tools daily, including 50 per cent using collaboration and storage/sharing tools daily.</p>.<p>Contrary to their counterparts in China and Japan, Indian hybrid workers reported that they prefer virtual meetings over in-person meetings.</p>.<p>"Virtual meetings has always been desired by Indian workers. During the pandemic, Indian workers experienced first-hand the flexibility benefits they can reap out of virtual meetings, and now this has become their preferred choice," said Kotipalli.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>Five in 10 Indian employees, currently part of the hybrid work regime, say they were more productive while working remotely as they avoided traffic woes, a Gartner report said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Indian workers reported that they gained more productivity working remotely and not dealing with pronounced traffic conditions which could span three to four hours each way.</p>.<p>"Indian workers' use of technology has accelerated since the onset of the global pandemic in 2020," said Rashmi Kotipalli, principal research analyst at Gartner.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/57-of-workers-now-pick-employer-based-on-work-life-balance-1048907.html" target="_blank">57% of workers now pick employer based on work-life balance</a></strong></p>.<p>"Improved digital dexterity, willingness to use real-time mobile messaging and virtual meeting solutions, along with scheduled flexibility, led to employees experiencing an uptick in their overall productivity while working from home," she added in a statement.</p>.<p>Choice of location and flexible working hours are the top enablers for productivity in the hybrid work landscape.</p>.<p>The survey showed that Indian workers use real-time mobile messaging daily.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/indian-it-firms-reluctant-to-provide-permanent-work-from-home-options-1038214.html" target="_blank">Indian IT firms reluctant to provide permanent work from home options</a></strong></p>.<p>Of those surveyed, 83 per cent Indian digital workers confirmed that they use real-time mobile messaging to conduct most work activities and prefer this tool over other virtual communication tools available when working remotely.</p>.<p>"Digital workplace technologies have now emerged as the core components of the "new work hub" which represents an evergreen collection of cloud-based, personal and team productivity technologies," said Kotipalli during Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2021.</p>.<p>Globally, 60 per cent of workers said they use messaging tools daily, including 50 per cent using collaboration and storage/sharing tools daily.</p>.<p>Contrary to their counterparts in China and Japan, Indian hybrid workers reported that they prefer virtual meetings over in-person meetings.</p>.<p>"Virtual meetings has always been desired by Indian workers. During the pandemic, Indian workers experienced first-hand the flexibility benefits they can reap out of virtual meetings, and now this has become their preferred choice," said Kotipalli.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>