DPP: Nothing to suggest' remote working was good for media business

DPP publishes report Will Covid-19 Change the Way We Work?

By Jenny Priestley

Published: July 21, 2020

DPP publishes report Will Covid-19 Change the Way We Work?

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The DPP has released the findings of a research project looking at how the coronavirus pandemic will change the way the media industry works.

For the report, titled Will Covid-19 Change The Way We Work?, the DPP spoke to 100 media companies, of all kinds, as they managed their operations from lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic.

Participants were surveyed on a weekly and monthly basis between late March and the end of June, 2020.

Key findings include:

Most companies were pre-adapted to working away from the office, and the smooth transition proved the case for flexible working, which will now endure

But this smoothness concealed considerable mood swings

People like flexible working more than homeworking. Craving for social interaction and business engagements is driving the return to the office

There is nothing to suggest that remote working was, in itself, good for business

The next year looks bleak with cost cutting, tighter budgets, dramatically less travel, and a reduction in office space

Content companies have been hit hard but can now see a way out. Technology companies have fared better but fear more for the future

The story commonly told is that the media industry moved to remote working quickly and well; and this is true. But no-one has reported what happened next until now, said DPP managing director, and author of the report, Mark Harrison. What we have uncovered is a rollercoaster of anxiety and uncertainty.

The full report is available for DPP members to download on the DPP website.

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