Remote working | How employers can support teams in a new homeworking era

With most UK workers forced to work from home during the Covid-19 lockdown, both employers and employees who have adapted well to new ways of working are now looking to shift to a more permanent arrangement.

A recent study of 1,000 office workers from Get Living, the UK’s leading build to rent operator, looked at attitudes towards homeworking both pre lockdown and during lock down and found that 63% of employees want to be able to continue working from home, suggesting they can fulfill their roles remotely, while enjoying some of the perks of remote working.

Get Living – which offers homes for rent in big city neighbourhoods and partners with employers to help find housing solutions for their people – found that around a third of those surveyed (32%) believed working from home has boosted productivity and 33% felt their creativity had increased.

Though 53% still struggled with increased distractions from children, pets, and partners, with 38% admitting to finding it difficult to maintain a work/home balance. As more people return to work and children return to school, it’s expected that the juggling of family life and work during the day will relieve some of those tensions, but having space to separate home from work was also seen as key.