Utilisation & Changes

Where changes have been made, the results show that the office has indeed ‘flipped,’ with primary workspace (offices and desks) being reduced and the area won back given over to spaces that support group activities.

The biggest change is in the provision of spaces to support informal activities and employee socialisation. Both of these are seen as being vitally important for encouraging employees back to the workplace in greater numbers.

While, from Q14, we have reported that achieving focus is not one of the most important reasons for attending the workplace, the increase in the number of small meeting rooms could be attributed to providing spaces away from the desk for Teams calls or for private phone calls.