August 5, 2021
Search Results for: Working from home
July 30, 2021
Employers believe the way we work has changed forever
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Wellbeing, Working lives
After more than a year of remote working, the majority of UK workers are well-versed in office-free employment. We’ve had plenty of time to think about how the experience has affected our working habits. Gazprom Marketing & Trading surveyed 1,000 employees across a range of sectors, asking participants about their working hours, mental health, and the challenges they’ve encountered along the way. (more…)
July 21, 2021
UK workers hesitant to return to the office
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Wellbeing, Working lives
New research commissioned by Kadence claims that despite restrictions being lifted, office workers in the UK are resistant to a full-time office return. The survey of 1,500 UK and US office workers claims that over half of British workers (55 percent) still expect to spend fewer days in the office per week, with more than a third wanting to come and go as they please (35 percent). (more…)
July 20, 2021
Employees urge workplaces to focus on mental health as world reopens
by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing, Working culture
Access to workplace counsellors, mental health training and support groups are topping the charts on what workers want on their return to the office, according to new research by CERT Property. (more…)
July 19, 2021
Over two thirds of office workers dread speaking to their IT department
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Technology, Working lives
Research by Velocity Smart Technology, investigating how IT departments are coping with a move to remote working, claims that almost half (45 percent) of office workers have had to wait longer for an issue to be resolved whilst working from home – with 73 percent going on to say they have had to wait up to an extra five hours for an issue to be fixed. (more…)
July 14, 2021
Time to get real on what companies need from their real estate
by Dotan Weiner • Comment, Property, Wellbeing, Workplace design
As businesses return to their offices they are faced with a challenge – how do they reappraise their space requirements post-Covid? Social and technological advancements are changing real estate from being a fixed physical product, into flexible, employee-centric spaces that enable new models of hybrid working and business operations. These have a significant impact on the ways that businesses work and the options available to them. (more…)
July 8, 2021
How your boss could be spying on you with monitoring software
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Technology
A recent study by StandOut CV claims that one in five companies are actively using (or intend to use) employee monitoring software, with the figure expected to grow as more firms look to offer or make remote working a standard offering. (more…)
July 1, 2021
Half a million employees could be made to return to the office before they’re ready
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Wellbeing, Working lives
More than a half a million UK employees could be made to return to their normal workplaces before they are comfortable doing so, according to new research from Benenden Health. (more…)
June 29, 2021
Insecure income, boredom and physical health impacted employee wellbeing most in lockdown
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Wellbeing, Working lives
Having an insecure financial situation, being bored in both work and free time, and worsening physical health were the biggest factors affecting employee’s wellbeing, during the first covid-19 lockdown, according to new research from emlyon business school. (more…)
June 23, 2021
‘WFH paranoia’: Half of UK workers send emails late at night or early morning
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working lives
One-in-five (20 percent) UK workers now have their work instant messaging app on their personal mobile phone, as WFH paranoia sets in, according to new research by Furniture At Work. (more…)
August 4, 2021
No rush to get back to the office despite easing of restrictions
by Alexandra Anders • Comment, Flexible working, Working culture