Sample Company, you may only need an office for 40% of your team
Our analysis shows that 40% is the least amount of office space your team would need on any given day. However, you could take more space, giving you further flexibility around rotas, team size and working preferences.
30 of your employees responded to the survey.
Our advisors can help you understand your results and advise on the best next steps
How does your company compare?
In total, we had over 1,000 responses to our survey, from hundreds of different companies.
Below, you'll see that we've summarised the key overall survey results at the top of each section. We've done this so that you can use them as a benchmark, and see how your company's results compare to others.
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Demographics
First things first, here’s how your employees were split by role level and type, age, gender, and COVID-19 working and living situation.
Do you manage at least one other person?
Which type of role do you work in?
How old are you?
What's your gender?
Have you been required to work from home more than usual due to coronavirus?
Who are you currently living with?
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How employees worked before the pandemic
In the overall results, most said they worked from home (WFH) rarely or only 1-2 times a week. Only 5% WFH every day, and 9% said they never did.
Two thirds of employees rarely or never worked from somewhere other than home or the office, and only 22% did so more than once a month.
The most common place to work other than home was a cafe (44%), but a significant number (35%) said that they worked whilst commuting.
When respondents did go to the office, the most common commute time was between 30 and 60 minutes. 19% travelled over an hour each way, and 3% over 2 hours.
67% stated that everyone in their team had an assigned desk - and 20% said that most people did.
So how do Sample Company employees compare?
Did you ever work remotely (from home or elsewhere) before the coronavirus outbreak?
Did you work in any of the following locations in the 6 months before the coronavirus outbreak?
Did everybody in your office have an assigned desk?
When you did travel into the office, how long did it take?
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Employees' experience of working from home (WFH) during the pandemic
Positives
In the overall results, most people (69%) said that they have had a positive experience WFH and only 7% had a negative experience.
61% said their views on WFH had changed during this period, with 91% of that change being for the better.
Respondents ranked the lack of commute, financial savings, and spending more time with family and loved ones, as the three best things about WFH.
74% said that they feel as productive, if not more so, at home.
All in all, the majority feel that their companies are reasonably or very equipped to continue remote working into the future.
Negatives
In the overall results, most said that the lack of social interaction is one of the worst things about working from home, followed by the lack of work-life balance and increase in distractions.
50% experienced frustration working in a remote team.
Aspects of the office that most people are missing are the meeting rooms, local restaurants and bars, and events and talks.
So how do Sample Company employees compare?
On the whole, how have you found working from home?
How have your views on working from home changed since the pandemic?
What have you liked most about working from home? (Select up to 3)
Do you feel more productive at home or in the office?
What have you disliked most about working from home? (Select up to 3)
Have you experienced any frustration working with a remote team?
If yes, why?
People aside, which of the following things do you miss about the office experience?
On a scale of 1-5, how equipped do you feel your company is to continue remote working permanently?
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How employees would like to work in the future
When remote
In the overall results, 85% want to work somewhere other than the office at least once a week - but only 15% want to do so every day.
When not in the office, most people would want to work from home (78%), a coworking space (42%), abroad (42%), or from a cafe (30%).
35% would want the freedom to work in different locations on different days. 34% would prefer to work in the same place most days, and 27% in the same place unless they needed specific facilities/surroundings.
24% of people would want to use a coworking space 1-2 times a week, and 21% would like to use one occasionally.
75% would like the ability to use a meeting room with varying degrees of regularity, but most on an ad-hoc basis.
Of the benefits that would most improve WFH for employees, an ergonomic chair was by far the most popular item, followed by a dual monitor, then faster wifi.
When in the office
In the overall results, 70% still want their company to have an office, primarily for team culture, collaboration, meetings, and team socials.
65% would be happy to hot desk, but the biggest concerns centred around hygiene reasons (41%), having a preferred routine (39%), and equipment that is difficult or a pain to move (38%).
41% would be prepared to rotate usage of their office with another company, but 25% would not be happy to do so and 11% don't know.
The main concerns were that both companies may need the space at the same time (54%), confidentiality (51%), cleanliness (50%), and security of personal belongings (48%).
So how do Sample Company employees compare?
If your company allowed it, how often would you want to work remotely in the future, compared to before?
If you were to work somewhere that was not your company’s office building, where would you like to work?
When working remotely, would you want to work in the same place most days or would you like the freedom to choose different places for different days/purposes?
If your company paid the cost, how often would you want to use a coworking space or meeting room that is not in your main office building?
If provided by your company, which of the following would significantly improve your working from home experience? (Select up to 3)
Is there anything else that you feel would significantly improve your working from home experience?
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Still have structure, maybe a rota of people in the office and at home. It would also be good for the team to meet in the office or other location once a week or twice a month.
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Would you want your business to still have an office of some sort?
What would you want the office for?
If/when working in your company’s office, would you be happy to hot desk?
What, if any, would be your concerns about hot desking?
Would you be happy to share an office with another company—where your team has it on some days, and the other company has it on others?
What, if any, would be your concerns around sharing an office with another company?
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How employees feel about working in remote teams
In the overall results, 82% of respondents would like to meet with their direct team in person at least once a month, and 54% at least once a week.
1-2 times a month was the most common answer for how often total respondents would want their whole company to get together in person.
Most respondents would be comfortable working from home whilst others were in the office, and vice versa.
78% would feel as comfortable in both settings, but 14% would feel more comfortable when they were in the office with others working remotely, and 8% would feel more comfortable when working remotely and others were in the office.
So how do Sample Company employees compare?
How often would you want your team to get together in person?
On a scale of 1-5, how comfortable would you feel if, on any one day, you were a) working remotely but your team were in the office and b) were in the office and your team were working remotely?
Anything else you’d like to tell us about how you want to work in the future?
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I've learnt how important it is to collaborate with your team and to be around the people that you work with. I think it's so essential for maintaining team motivation and morale and I think having a shared physical space is the key to this. In an ideal world, we would have a flexible office space with a flexible attitude towards working from home to match.
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