Employee engagement | The MOST popular work perks revealed

According to a 2018 study conducted by the Association of Accounting Technician’s (AAT), British workers spend an average of 3,515 full days at work over the course of their lifetime, while the average person will also work 188 days of overtime throughout their careers, too.

Spending such a large portion of your life at work means that work perks do make an incredible difference to an employee’s working experience and can shed considerable weight over improving employee engagement and morale.

New research by Perkbox has shed light on what are deemed to be the most popular workplace perks. The study of 2,315 working professionals revealed extracurricular clubs as the most favourable workplace perk, with a pool table ranking as the second most popular work treat.

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The Great Perk Search Report found that sports-based perks were popular contenders with ping pong tables perceived as a good work perk by 89.3% and office sports teams such as football or netball ranking in third and fourth position.