A survey conducted by Viavoice for L'Exploratoire Sopra Steria Next reveals a business world literally cut in two on the subject of maintaining teleworking after the health crisis.

Nicolas Barré takes stock of a current economic issue.

Containment has exploded the practice of teleworking in all countries.

There has even been talk of a revolution.

But will teleworking take a lasting hold in the landscape?

This is what the majority of employees would undoubtedly want.

But on the employers' side, it is much less obvious.

There are those who have taken the plunge and have adapted very well to this new organization of work.

And there are those, more numerous, who remain very suspicious.

A survey carried out by Viavoice for L'Exploratoire Sopra Steria Next reveals a business world literally cut in two: 80% of the bosses of large companies with more than 1,000 employees are ready for teleworking to become a permanent habit.

But 77% of owners of SMEs with 20 to 99 employees do not want their employees to telework.

It's not a divide, it's a ditch!

Yes and it is a little worrying.

Because at the end of the crisis, in a few months, a "world after" and a "world before" will coexist in a way, and the gaps will widen between companies but also between employees.

Among those who belong to a large group, who were able to telework during the crisis, who have gotten used to it, who have the infrastructure and digital tools to do so.

And those who, perhaps, would like to benefit from the same flexibility but will not be able.

As we know, this year of Covid has accelerated the digitization of companies, but it is very uneven depending on their size.

There will be Covid "winners" who will have gained a more attractive work environment and this risks creating a dividing line in the world of work.

The organization of work will also be an element of attractiveness even more than before.

Of course: the vast majority of employees are requesting teleworking, so they will go more easily to companies which have set up favorable agreements, of the type two days or even two and a half days per week.

It will also be an element of talent retention.

And this will further widen the gap with the most cautious companies on the subject.

The telework revolution which has been talked about so much for a year is first and foremost a business for large companies, it will take a long time to spread to the entire economic world.

Basically for many employees, the "world after" will not be very different from the world before.