WAH Solutions has sponsored a number of employee surveys to identify what lifestyle benefits staff see from working full time or with a mix off formal office/home working. Some of the key findings are listed below…
- Time with family. A large majority i.e. 86% of staff, felt that home working allowed them to enjoy more time with family, with an estimated extra 17% more of their day being spent with family
- Odd jobs. This divided markedly across the sexes with 64% of female staff seeing working from home as a benefit in terms of being able to do odd jobs such as clothes washing, Ad-hoc food shopping or collecting the kids from school. Conversely, only 22% of men expressed this as a benefit
- Reduced stress and increased exercise. 64% of staff felt that removing the daily commute reduced their daily stress levels and gave them more time for healthy exercise. Although in the short-term hobby participation has been heavily impacted by Covid-19 restrictions, 78% of staff felt they would be able to enjoy their hobbies e.g. sporting activities, more if they worked from home on a regular basis