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Key findings also included:
 Office workers expressed a preference for
working more often from the office (average of
2.7 days per week) than from home (average of
2.1 days per week).
 When asked about the prospect of working in
the office, 33% never wanted to work in the
office, 37% said that they wanted to work there
five days a week, while 30% wished for some
level of a hybrid work pattern (between one
and four days from home).
 28% of workers never, or only occasionally,
had access to a quiet workspace at home,
with 36% not having a dedicated workspace at
home and instead working from dining tables,
living spaces or even their beds.
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Dr Davis said that the findings indicated the
complexity of trying to manage the move to
flexible working, and trying to accommodate
employees’ competing expectations about work.
He said: “After 18 months of home working due
to COVID-19, many of us have understandably
developed a rhythm of work that suits us. But as
we learn to live with COVID-19, we need to look
at the bigger picture and recognise that getting
people back into the office – at least on a part-
time basis - brings many benefits. Boundaries
need to be placed around homeworking
and there needs to be grown-up, honest
conversations about how we adapt to this new
world.”
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