The shocking amount of cash employees spend a year at work revealed

UK office workers will spend around £350 a year on daily office duties including tea runs, gifts for colleagues and Christmas parties, new research reveals.

Over the course of a 40-year career, the average cost to a British office worker is more than £14,000 when combining the costs of caffeinated drinks, cards and gifts, Christmas parties and sponsoring fundraising co-workers.

The survey on 2,000 office workers across the UK by Nationwide Current Account, found that the price spiked to over £1,000 a year, when including office clothing and parties and nights out with colleagues. This totalled to £40,000 over the course of a 40-year working life.

Over a quarter of those surveyed said they felt pressure to contribute towards colleague’s birthdays (28%) and leaving gifts (27%), and nearly a third (32%) felt pressure to give money towards helping colleagues’ charity fundraising pursuits.