Office workers at all levels are hooked on working from home - but not every day.

 

Most office workers do not intend to spend five days a week in the workplace once the COVID-19 pandemic is over, with both bosses and employees seeing working-from-home as a long-term trend.

 

A survey of 2000 office works by the British Council for Offices (BCO) found that white-collar workers will in future adopt a mixed approach, combining remote working with several days a week in the office.

 

Sixty-two per cent of senior executives and 58 per cent of entry-level workers want to alternate, according to the survey.

 

However, seven out of 10 workers said the office was important for learning and developing networks, particularly for younger people in shared households. 

 

Two-thirds of respondents said their career had been helped by relationships made in the office.

 

In the US, the WFH trend is much stronger. Buffer’s State of Remote Work in 2020 report found that almost every employee who works remotely, a whopping 98 per cent want to continue remote work (at least part-time) for the rest of their careers.

 

Remote workers cite flexible schedules, the ability to work from anywhere, no commute, and the ability to spend more time with family as top benefits of working from home.