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UK workers are finding British offices and make them feel valued.
places of work to be lacking, as the latest
research has branded them as uninspiring and It also revealed that the vast majority of
uninviting, with many blaming the pandemic today’s employees (84%) expect the office to
for the shift in work attitudes. deliver an experience, rather than it just being
a place to complete tasks.
A new report by interior design and fit-out
business Claremont has revealed how Sarah Syson, Head of Design at Claremont
businesses can make workplaces relevant said: “In recent years, the very essence of
and compelling by tuning into how employees how, when and where we work has changed
feel about an office. and the office has taken on a new role. It’s
no longer the everyday place for work and
Claremont surveyed more than 1,000 office so it must work much harder to make itself
workers across a range of sectors to identify relevant and inviting. Now, the office needs to
the impact of an office on a workforce’s give employees the feelings and experiences
behaviour and how staff need to feel in order that lone working leaves us wanting – those
to be happy, healthy and productive. rich in face-to-face contact, collaboration and
socialisation.”
Dubbed ‘The Workplace Oooh’, the research
revealed that almost half of employees – 52% The research also revealed the six key
of hybrid workers and 48% of full-time office- emotions that today’s employees seek from their
based workers – feel uninspired by their workplace – they want to feel inspired, valued,
workplace, while 42% say their office doesn’t connected, supported, included and proud.
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