Is hybrid work beneficial for employees?

This study examines differences between hybrid and fully office-based workers in terms of productivity, job satisfaction, and burnout, while testing whether extraversion and conscientiousness maintain consistent associations across models. After matching demographics and occupational characteristics, the final sample included 194 employees evenly divided between groups. Hybrid workers reported higher productivity and job satisfaction and lower exhaustion, though overall burnout did not differ. Conscientiousness and extraversion were positively correlated with job satisfaction and negatively correlated with burnout; conscientiousness was positively linked with productivity. These relationships held across models, highlighting hybrid work’s advantages, particularly for highly extraverted or conscientious employees.