Only 11% of British workers find their office a ‘creative environment’, says new research from Microsoft and the Work Foundation.
According to the research, one third of respondents find their workplace boring and uninspiring, so much so that UK offices are in danger of becoming ‘graveyards’, which lack buzz and social interaction.
James McCarthy, mobile working expert at Microsoft believes we need to ‘redefine the term ‘office work’’. He believes that the workplace can be enjoyable, and at the same time productive, but attitudes towards office work need to be changed.
The most important factor for two thirds of respondents was friendly colleagues. McCarthy said that workers need to interact with each other more. “Use office time for face-to-face meetings and other interpersonal activities, saving the reports, presentations and other more cerebral stuff for a location better suited to total concentration,” he added.
A Moofer is a new term to describe workers who have a better work-life balance and are allowed more flexibility in their job. They see the office as just one location that is key to their job, not the only location.
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