Bloomberg study | UK staff issue ultimatum to employers - 'pay us more or let us WFH'

Pay us more or let us work from home to save money – that is the ultimatum some UK workers are giving their bosses, according to a new study.

In fact, a salary hike of more than 11% may be the only thing to tempt office workers in the capital back to the office, according to the findings of the new survey from Bloomberg Intelligence.

A new research report from Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) has found office workers in London remain firmly in favour of flexible working. With 95% of respondents currently permitted to work from home in some capacity, nearly three quarters (73%) of these would leave their current job if this flexibility was taken away.

BI’s study points to the fact that unemployment in the capital is so low that, even with the threat of recession looming, the bargaining power remains with employees. Only 12% of the sample stated that they feared being laid off in the weak economy and would not change employers if asked to return to the office.