HR warning | UK employees reveal their real ambitions

A coffee shop owner leaning on a planed-wood counter, decked out in canvas apron; chatting to mid-morning regulars as they sip on lattes and cortados in folksy mugs and glasses.

An author huddled over a desk in a private office, staring at the interminable blink of the text cursor, towers of books positioned precariously around them, a haze of sun softly lighting the room.