Workers are more likely to go into the office regularly at small companies than at big employers, according to new survey results.
The shift to hybrid working post-pandemic remains popular. However, patterns have changed since property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton last conducted its occupier survey in June last year.
This year it spoke to 60 people from companies of all sizes that collectively have more than 100,000 UK staff, about half headquartered in London.
The most common response for how many days staff are in per week on average was three (39%), compared with two (42%) being the most popular answer last year.
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LSH also observed a divergence between attendance levels in firms of differing size. Among those with fewer than 50 employees, 47% in May reported office attendance of at least four days a week, and the only respondents with full attendance were all in this size category.
In contrast, two days a week remains the most common level of office attendance in firms with more than 1,000 staff.
Attendance levels of four days a week or more are still a rarity across all of the larger size bands.
Oliver du Sautoy, head of research at LSH said the results suggest “that larger businesses have more established infrastructures to facilitate hybrid working… By contrast, SME culture is arguably more rooted in the physical workplace and the interaction and camaraderie that comes with it.”
By Joanna Hodgson
Source: Evening Standard