14 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 To attract new employees and retain existing talent To encourage existing employees to work from the office To better adapt to a new work set-up Have not and do not plan on remodelling our premises Another reason Due to a reorganisation Tired and fading or unsuitable premises 40% 38% 54% 24% 37% 10% 17% Drivers and strategies for changing/remodelling the office Small, medium or large? Half of the organisations in the study have downsized and half have kept their offices the same size. Those who downsized did so primarily for cost reasons but also to make the office feel more energised and stimulating. They did not want their office to feel desolate – it should be a place where colleagues can meet. Those who decided to retain their premises report that they are locked into long contracts (70%). Another reason is that they have taken account of their employees’ desire to be able to meet, both socially and in connection with their work. Many have used excess space to create rooms for digital meetings and project/meeting rooms. Some also state they want to remain flexible in the face of any future organisational changes. Has hybrid working also had an effect on office architecture? And if so – what are the factors driving changes to the office environment? The most heavily weighted factor for the majority of the organisations (54%) is a wish to adapt the office to the needs of a new work set-up – i.e. reorganising and utilising the premises differently and adapting to greater digitalisation. Another heavily weighted reason for changing the office is a desire to attract and retain employees, with 40% of respondents citing this as a primary driver for office transformations. Other reasons include tighter requirements around security and IT security – which is itself an important consideration when deciding on remote working policies, in terms of the extent to which it should be permitted and in what forms. Many of the organisations had already remodelled their offices either before or during the pandemic. Despite this, a large majority (77%) have either already investigated or plan to investigate how their operations and office environment need to be adapted to the new post-pandemic set-up in terms of their design/layout, surface area, equipment, choice of location and so on. The fact that even those organisations which have already made changes are amongst those planning to carry out future investigations into their office space and the new post-pandemic landscape shows that this is a continuous process. “Our employee surveys show a greater need for small spaces and call booths as staff have got used to working from a quieter environment while at home.”
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