Over a third (36.5%) of the employees participating in the survey believe the entire work team within the company they work for will return to the workplace in 2021.
Most respondents said the offices became an important part of their job in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and over 57% will assess this criterion more carefully in the future, when they happen to look for a new job.
Proximity to home remains an important factor for most employees (65%), but the coronavirus pandemic highlighted the importance of sanitary measures taken for office buildings (51% of respondents) and the way of organizing the office space, with more focus on delimited offices facilitating social distancing (49.3% of respondents).
Besides the sanitary measured deemed necessary within office buildings by over 60% of respondents, many employees believe there is also room for other changes. For instance, 52% think the office of the future should offer employees an integrated work experience, lifestyle, entertainment and socialization. Other 45% of respondents believe the current situation represents an opportunity for integrating artificial intelligence technologies, which can eliminate repetitive routine and repetitive activities, by redefining the way of working in the future. Last but not least, 40% of respondents wish to have the opportunity, in the future, to work in spaces able to offer a better environment so that they can also express their creativity.
The survey is aimed at better understanding people’s perception about the perspective of returning to the workplace and their expectations for the office of the future. The survey was conducted in November 2020, via the iVox platform, on a sample of 1,062 internet users countrywide, of whom, almost 60% women and over 70% aged 25 to 40. Eight in ten were full-time employees and approximately 77% held positions requiring office activity, in the fields of IT, consulting, financial, energy, real estate, automotive and commerce.