Employees in the UK spend much less time within the workplace than some other nation, nevertheless they need to additional scale back their days additional. That’s based on a brand new examine from Unispace. The report, Returning for Good [registration], combines the outcomes of a ballot of 9,500 staff and 6,650 enterprise leaders from 17 nations worldwide – discovered that simply 34 p.c of staff within the UK are within the workplace 4 or extra days per week, much less time than employees in some other nation.
Regardless of these comparatively low attendance ranges, staff need to scale back the variety of days spent within the office even additional, with simply 21 p.c of employees within the UK at present comfortable to spend 4 or extra days per week within the workplace.
Sizzling-desking is outstanding within the UK, with 56 p.c of staff indicating their workplace is about as much as work on this approach, above the worldwide common of 48 p.c. Of those that do hot-desk, 76 p.c can be extra inclined to move into the workplace frequently if that they had an assigned desk.
The info did spotlight a misalignment between employers and staff that implies an absence of communication. Solely 53 p.c of UK employees count on to ultimately be within the workplace at the least 4 days per week, however employers usually tend to understand {that a} return is on the playing cards, with 74 p.c anticipating this to occur within the close to future.
Whereas 75 p.c of employers highlighted that profession development together with pay rises, promotions and bonuses shall be negatively impacted for hybrid employees, staff are much less conscious of this danger, with solely 59 p.c stating that they imagine this to be the case.
Employees within the UK additionally recorded the bottom stage of firm loyalty (68 p.c versus the worldwide common of 77 p.c), although this was additionally underestimated by employers, with 74 p.c believing their staff had been dedicated to their organisation.
