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Almost half of Brits would resign if forced to return to the office
•45% of office workers would be will- ing to take a pay cut in order to contin- ue working from home long-term •84% of UK full-time workers are planning on working remotely in some form for the rest of 2020
•61% would be concerned if their company started to use remote activity and productivity monitoring for home
workers plan to work a full five-day working-week from home, with 55% planning a more hybrid role with one to four days in the office. With working from home likely to become part of the future of working life, 45% of office workers are willing to take a pay cut in order to continue working from home in the long-term. 15% would be will-
location to work from home perma- nently (41%). With the change in ways of working, and additional financial pressures brought about by COVID-19 and Brex- it, many companies may be looking for ways to cut costs and save money. Whilst reducing office space to facil- itate increased calls for working from
workers, with over a third (36%) say- ing they’d be likely to resign if so With current government advice encourag- ing all those who can work from home to do so, it’s no surprise that Britain’s businesses and employees are navigat- ing a new normal. Research launched today, from Owl Labs sheds light on Britain’s attitudes to work during a Global Pandemic. It’s no surprise that the majority (84%) of UK full-time workers are planning on working re- motely in some form for the rest of 2020, whilst almost half (41%) would be likely to resign if they were forced to return to the office against their will. Almost half (44%) of UK full-time
Almost half (44%) of UK full-time workers plan to work a full five-day working-week from home, with 55% planning a more hybrid role with one to four days in the office.
ing to take a pay cut of 5%, the equiv- alent to £1,518 a year when looking at the average full-time UK salary of £30,353*. However, if companies were to en- force pay cuts without offering bene- fits in kind, such as freedom to work from home, it’s a very different story. Office workers would be likely to resign from their current role if their compa- ny were to cut their pay as part of cost savings across the business (46%), or if their employer cut their pay if they chose to move to a suburban or rural
home could be an option, companies should be careful about eyeing up em- ployees wages. If their employer were to make a cost of living adjustment to their salary to take account of savings made through commuting costs when working from home, etc. over half of employees (51%) would find it unfair and would start looking for other roles, whilst 8% would find it unfair and quit, even if they didn’t have another job to go to.
“Maintaining effective communica- tion, regardless of location, is more
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