Your most valuable asset.... your STAFF
- 73% of employees are not satisfied with the physical workspaces at their current jobs
- The quality of their physical environment would influence 51% of employees to leave their company
- 20% of UK offices fail to provide an adequate work environment
- 85% of UK office staff say that their working environment inhibits their creativity
- More office workers seem dissatisfied with their working space than with their jobs as a whole: 23% to 12% respectively
- 25% of employees have serious complaints about various environmental factors
Positive impact of work environment
- Employees who are pleased with their physical workspaces are 31% more likely to be satisfied with their jobs
- The physical workspace would impact 41% of employees and job seekers to accept a position
- Design, management and use of space can affect up to 15% of an organisation's performance
- A study of IBM mobile employees found that through space design, 52% could work more effectively and around 66% felt more satisfied with their jobs
Benefits of an office move
- A Blue Chip UK company found a 16% increase in productivity after an office move: staff satisfaction increased from 13% to 75%
- Employees in Scottish Enterprise Workplace of the future project reported up to 50% higher productivity after a redesign
Points to bear in mind
- MIT research finds office workers are 4 times as likely to communicate with someone sitting 6 feet away as 60 feet away and people seated 75 ft apart hardly ever speak
- BT research has found that 2 people working on different floors of the same building have a 1% chance of meeting on any given day
Resources
- The Work Foundation (2004) Happiness Building, London: The Work Foundation
- Nathan, M. & J. (2002) The State of the Office, London: The Work Foundation
