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The planemaker will allow staff to maintain existing two-days-a-week remote work arrangements after on-off strikes at its Spanish facilities
Airbus has softened its push to limit remote working after union protests, including a series of strikes at its Spanish operations, according to Reuters. Under the revised approach, staff will be permitted to continue working from home an average of two days each week, with the push to impose a stricter one-day ceiling put on hold indefinitely.
The retreat deals a blow to a campaign led by Chief Executive Guillaume Faury, who had pushed to require white-collar staff to work on-site four days a week by September, up from the current three. Faury told staff in June that in-person work was now a priority as Airbus sought to share skills and knowledge across a workforce that has seen significant turnover since the pandemic.
"Our objective remains the same: we aim for increased on-site presence to ensure better collective efficiency, knowledge transfer and faster decision-making," an Airbus spokesperson said in a statement. "However, effective change requires listening to our people. Based on employee feedback, we have decided to implement this transition more gradually."
