A company investigated how productive employees are in the office. And it was found: After a certain number of working days, productivity decreases. At the same time, the company demands more days in the office from its employees. This would be better for the company, the customers, and for innovation.
PricewaterhouseCoopers International (PwC) is an auditing firm based in London (UK). PwC belongs to the so-called “Big Four,” as the four largest consulting and auditing firms in the world employ a total of 1.5 million employees.
For one quarter, the corporation monitored its employees to find out how the staff works in the office and from home. And PwC found: The longer employees have to sit in the office, the less productive they are.
This was explained by PwC and other companies to a committee of the British Parliament. The British Parliament has established a committee, the “Home-based Working Committee”, to review the impacts of office and home office work.
After 3 days in the office, employee performance declines
What has the company found? After the first quarter in which the employees were monitored, Phillippa O’Connor, Chief People Officer at PwC in the UK, stated that there is “a really clear correlation between time in the office and the utilization of our employees”.
PwC also compared attendance data with preliminary data from the annual employee engagement survey and found that those who come into the office three days a week are the most engaged.
The initial data shows us that employees who are in the office three days a week are more engaged. Where they are in the office five days a week, they are less engaged.
Productivity decreases over the week, the longer employees have to sit in the office. At the same time, however, PwC also stated that it is better for the company, for innovation, and also for the customers if the employees are in the office, O’Connor explained to the English-language magazine Business Insider. The office is also very important for trainees.
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