UK staff unsupported on future of working habits: LifeSearch

Remote vs office

John Brazier
clock • 3 min read

LifeSearch’s latest update to the Health Wealth & Happiness Index finds that employers are not listening to staff on how they wish to work.

Just 15% of employees stated that their employer had sought their input or opinion on how they want to work going forward, whether that be in the office, remotely or a hybrid of the two. In LifeSearch's Q2 update to its Health Wealth & Happiness Index has found that a hybrid style working set-up was the ideal option for employees, with almost half (44%) saying they'd prefer to have ‘at least some time in the workplace' and ‘some time from home', rising to 65% among Generation X (aged 18-24 years), and falling in popularity with age.  Of those who said they'd prefer a hybrid set-up, th...

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