China’s most popular travel platform successfully implemented hybrid work model
Two years after Trip.com, China’s most popular travel platform, implemented a “3+2” hybrid work model allowing employees to work from home two days a week, over 70% of its workforce have adopted the flexible approach. The system is especially popular among younger employees, parents, and women, Sixth Tone reports, based on a report by Trip.com.
China’s most popular travel platform successfully implemented hybrid work model
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China’s most popular travel platform successfully implemented hybrid work model

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Eurasia 11/03/2024 06:00

Two years after Trip.com, China’s most popular travel platform, implemented a “3+2” hybrid work model allowing employees to work from home two days a week, over 70% of its workforce have adopted the flexible approach. The system is especially popular among younger employees, parents, and women, Sixth Tone writes, based on a report by Trip.com.

The report shows that nearly 80% of employees choosing remote work were born in the 1990s and 2000s, with 21% in team leader positions. Additionally, 63% of fathers and 58% of mothers have opted for a hybrid work arrangement, with women making up for 59% of those seeking hybrid work each week, Sixth Tone reports.

While over 80% of employees favor working from home on Fridays, one in four employees opts to do so on both Wednesdays and Fridays. The “3+2” system, allowing employees to choose where they would work from on Wednesdays and Fridays, was introduced in February 2022 following a six-month trial.

According to Trip.com, the initiative has resulted in employees gaining an additional 100 hours of sleep annually and a reduction of over 400 tons in carbon emissions. “Promoting hybrid offices not only improves employee satisfaction without affecting efficiency, but it also helps to reduce traffic congestion, protect the environment, and contribute to family harmony and women’s career development,” Trip.com chairman Liang Jianzhang stated in the report.
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Despite its benefits, some employees also reported longer working hours under the hybrid model. Trip.com data indicates that approximately half the employees working from home believe their work time has increased by 30 minutes to two hours per week, Sixth Tone adds.

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