Employees Around The World Say Commuting is The Worst Part of The Day
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A survey of over 15,000 employees across 80 countries (including China, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines) has found that 40% of respondents find commuting to be the worst part of the day. More than half believe that it could be obsolete by the year 2030.
The study also found that one out of five (22%) respondents say they are 'regularly late' for work because of travel disruptions. This is increasingly causing them to feel unhappy about their travel to work. MindMetre Research managed this report titled The IWG Global Workspace Survey.
Source: IWG
Moreover, almost half (48%) of employees spend their commute working, and because of this, another two in five (42%) think that official working hours should include time spent on their journey, as this does not constitute ‘free time’ in their day.
These problems lead to a focus on flexible working hours and workspaces, wherein the survey found 83% of respondents would choose a work which offered flexible working over a job that did not. Surprisingly, just over a quarter (28%) prefer to be able to choose their work location over an increase of holiday allowance.
Source: IWG
So, what's keeping these organisations from implementing these flexible working policies? 60% of respondents say that changing the organisational culture is the primary barrier to implementing a flexible workplace policy, especially within companies that have a long-standing and non-flexible working culture.
Abour 41% respondents say that the fear of how flexible working could impact the overall organisational culture is the main obstacle.
The CEO and founder of IWG, Mark Dixon said: “What we are seeing now is that flexible working is considered by many to be the new norm for any business that is serious about productivity, agility and winning the war for top talent. Indeed, half of all our respondents claim to work outside their main office location for at least half of the week.”
Source: IWG
On the plan for 2019, 55% of organisations surveyed said they are looking to be more flexible in 2019. Over a third of businesses are looking to grow internationally this year, and the majority of respondents (64%) say that flexible working helps accelerate speed to market in new countries.
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Source: IWG
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