Money | Working in an office can cost staff £2k per YEAR

Working in an office environment can cost employees £1,715 every year on work-related niceties, parties and gifts for colleagues, new research from Nationwide Building Society has found.

The Metro reported that, throughout the course of an employee's working life, this equates to more than two year’s take-home pay based on the average UK salary of £30,420 and tots up to around £68,600.

Yet, the research explained that this hefty sum of money doesn’t take commuting costs or lunch into account, so it is possible that employees are parting with a lot more cash than they would have liked.

Drinks, parties and nights out claimed top spot as the biggest work-related cost with the average worker spending £292.32 over the course of the year, while employees admitted to spending £154.44 on clothing and bags.