Tue 17 May
After 2 years of consistent remote working, the statistics are clear: by the end of 2021, approximately 37 percent of workers in UK wish to work from home some of the time after the Coronavirus pandemic is over, with one in five who want to work from home all the time.
As CEO’s and government are eager to get people to populate the offices again, is becoming clearer that employees are not on the same wavelength. The Future Forum, developed by workplace-messaging platform Slack, surveyed more than 10,000 workers globally in the summer of 2021 and what emerged was an “executive-employee disconnect” with regard to returning to work. Three-quarters of all executives reported they ideally want to work from the office three to five days a week, compared with about one-third of employees. Among executives who have primarily worked completely remotely through the pandemic, 44% said they wanted to come back to the office every day. Just 17% of employees agreed.
As CEO’s and government are eager to get people to populate the offices again, is becoming clearer that employees are not on the same wavelength. The Future Forum, developed by workplace-messaging platform Slack, surveyed more than 10,000 workers globally in the summer of 2021 and what emerged was an “executive-employee disconnect” with regard to returning to work. Three-quarters of all executives reported they ideally want to work from the office three to five days a week, compared with about one-third of employees. Among executives who have primarily worked completely remotely through the pandemic, 44% said they wanted to come back to the office every day. Just 17% of employees agreed.