Brits' favourite work perk | Over half of workers would sacrifice benefits to WFH

New research has revealed that the UK is split on whether employers have the right to enforce a full-time return to the office, three years after the pandemic transformed the world of work.

In a survey of 2,000 UK adults, carried out by Censuswide on behalf of flexible office experts Space32, just over half of Brits (53%) agreed employers have the right to ask their teams to return to the office five days a week.

Only 11% of Brits said that they “disagreed” or “strongly disagreed” that employers had the right to mandate a full-time office return. A further 36% of respondents were on the fence about whether bosses have the right to mandate being back in the office every day.

The findings come as organisations including Goldman Sachs, Google, Meta, Disney and Twitter reduce the flexible working options available to teams in hopes of boosting culture and productivity.