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January 2, 2025
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2025 is here! It’s the time to celebrate achievements, get working on more goals, and aim high for the beginning of the new year. But what can we realistically expect? The last few years have been turbulent, changing the workplace at every turn. Some experts believe that HR will forever be changed, and borders will no longer exist for workers all over the world.
Read this short article to find out what’s waiting down in 2025 according to top publications.
We’ve lived through an Earth-shaking amount of changes, and the business world has shifted as well, leading to a true new normal, Theresa Agovino writes for SHRM. Some things have stayed while others have gone back, but what is the future of the workplace? It depends, obviously, but there has been a clear paradigm shift. Agovino lists six things that have changed the way things work and will continue to shift the way we work in 2025.
The first one is remote work. Though it rose out of necessity in 2020, employees have become accustomed to this type of work and have continued to look for it as a big factor in where to work. This has pushed 82% of surveyed company executives to say that they intend to let people work remotely part-time, 47% agreeing with full-time remote work, and 36% willing to work with digital nomads.
The second point is that 83% of executives think another pandemic is imminent and plan for it. Their strategy is to hire more people in health and safety roles in 2025 and 2026. The third point is DEI, as McKinsey and LeanIn.Org point out, there is still a pressing need for equality in all fields and tiers of the corporate ladder.
Now, there is another category where 2025 trends might affect every workplace: tech. Gene Alvarez wrote for Gartner all about the different pros and cons of the 10 trends that will take over in 2025. If you want to read all about them, please do, as we will only discuss the three main themes.
“In selecting this year’s 10 top strategic technology trends, Gartner analysts organized them across three themes: AI imperatives and risks, new frontiers of computing and human-machine synergy.”
First, AI is the future—that is until people know how to use it. AI has been lauded as the future of work, but certain robust guardrails and regulations are needed to ensure it can achieve its goals ethically, legally, and operationally.
Secondly, the new frontiers in computing will continue to change how people and companies operate. Data protection will change as algorithms fight each other, and people will also need to understand the upcoming improvements in their physical and digital environment. This last point brings together all the themes, as connection and synergy are essential to bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds.
For Forbes’ Bryan Robinson, the future comes down to AI, mental health, and workforce management. These three have been a talking point for a while by now, but they are getting a new angle as they combine.
AI can be a valuable tool for everyone in 2025, whether they use it primarily at work or home. The prevalence of its rise is undeniable, and as such, companies must learn to adapt whether they use it or not. People will have to overcome misinformation, learn how to power AI for their goals, and how to integrate it into their processes.
“Even if workplaces haven’t purchased GenAI tools yet for their employees, people will use these tools in their personal life and employers will have to offer some upskilling to deal with misinformation, IP loss protection and other potential threats to the business.”
The workplace will face new challenges in 2025, especially those concerning mental health. Companies will not only have to implement programs that prioritize employees’ wellness but also go beyond actually to ensure that productivity and wellbeing go hand in hand.
To end it all, Robinson predicts a skill revolution at work, where people will no longer be bound by location, and instead, a skills-based ecosystem will reign. To bring order to this chaos, HR companies will have to revolutionize their processes or face legal and financial penalties.
There are many changes coming in 2025, but none of the trends are springing up from nothing. The new year in the workplace will find many HR workers getting more certifications and courses to comply with the new landscape. Workers will be in a similar boat, as AI takes hold as a tool, there will be limits and qualifications needed to make sure that everything flows as smoothly as possible.
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