Home » HR practices » Quality of life at work » Brazil: Petrobras weighs up permanent remote working arrangements for administrative staff Brazil: Petrobras weighs up permanent remote working arrangements for administrative staff Through . Published on 22 June 2020 à 14h45 - Update on 21 July 2020 à 16h04 Resources This is what the public Brazilian petroleum corporation told Reuters following the lifting of lockdown in the country. The conditions are still to be defined, but the objective is to offer every administrative employee the option to work remotely. According to Petrobras, the experiment has proved successful in terms of productivity and has revealed potential avenues to reduce office costs as the company works to reduce its operational costs. Remote working will be voluntary, although the company anticipates that about 50% of workers in the administrative division, which has around 20,000 employees overall, will take up the option. Also under consideration is the establishment of so-called smart offices, with shared offices and meeting rooms that would be reserved by employees for temporary use, on demand, thereby allowing employees who usually work remotely to come to the office on an ad hoc basis. Managing the fallout of Covid-19Remote working and companies' initiatives Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageCommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels