San Diego-The workplace after the Covid-19 pandemic is not the same as before. In the same way that putting the computers on the desks of the people transformed the office, so did Allyns Melendez, CEO and founder of RRHH Transformed, a human resource services provider, during a Monday session at Shrm 2025.
“Why do we keep trying to copy and paste in 2019 to 2025 all the time?” Asked Melendez. “The rules have changed to the workplace.”
The workers are now completely in person, completely remote or in a hybrid calendar, which makes what a normal office is completely different from what used to, said Melendez.
“The return to the post is not the same to rewind,” he said.
When he indicates that what resonates will differ in all organizations, Melendez offered businessmen some tips on how to navigate a mixed labor.
On the one hand, companies with hybrid work forces need to be intentional about how and when workers are in the office, establishing things like days of intentioned collaboration to make the effort look worthy of employees. There must also be coordination to ensure that the days when hybrid workers are in the office, are not linked to virtual meetings with remote workers, he warned.
Companies should also reward remote workers when in -person employees receive advantages, he said. For example, instead of providing bagels to offices workers, consider a food delivery gift card for those who work from home.
She recommended that she be a point for leaders to show her hands during virtual meetings to make it clear that workers are listening and not the multitasking. This advice came from a co -worker who said he thought Melendez was not attentive because his hands never left their keyboard. In this way, leaders can help build relationships with workers who may not see, he said.
Another advice, Melendez said, is to demand workers who have their camera for virtual meetings to further build these ties, even if some are afraid of some workers.
“I don’t care if you have makeup. I don’t care if you have acne,” he said. “I want to collaborate with you.”
Melendez also urged human resources professionals to periodically evaluate what it is and not working in the organization and to make changes accordingly.
“We have to think about what works really, and what really works may seem a bit different for your organization now, in summer, in the fall, in winter or a day after a great registration with the CEO on how things are financially,” he said.
