A week after the end of 100% teleworking, companies are preparing to welcome their employees back to the office.

But societies are adapting, because the Covid-19 has profoundly transformed the way French people work.

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"We are delighted with this employee return to the site."

Pascal Manczyk is all smiles, the HRD of the Jouve group is preparing to welcome the employees back to the office.

After a year dominated by remote work, and a week after the end of 100% telework, it's almost back to school for the director.

The opportunity to focus on conviviality.

Moreover "each site of the group has the possibility of animating" such moments.

On his, decorations are planned in particular to brighten up the morning, but also croissants, coffee, and even a little word of welcome.

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"Employees are looking for a workplace that is closer to their own place of life"

But this return to the office is also an opportunity to set up new habits, the health crisis having profoundly changed the way we work.

The group has therefore set up a brand new training program for managers to give employees more autonomy.

And that's not all, the workspace will also be redesigned.

"We are going to bring down this partition to create a much larger space", confirms the HRD at the microphone of Europe 1. 

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"We are also working on the study of new furniture for flex office spaces. We can see that employees are looking for a workplace that is closer to their own place of life," he adds.

A management team that is also awaiting the lifting of health measures to resume seminars as quickly as possible and bring together the teams from its five national sites again.