Home Bodies

Three years after their first Covid19 lockdown, UK workers have developed a clear taste for home working. Home working cuts down on travel time and expenses, as well as enabling folk to more easily fulfil parental/carer responsibilities. The 'hybrid model' of working actually appears to more effective than the old 9 to 5. A Linkedin survey now suggests that more than 33% of UK workers would quit their jobs, if they were instructed to return full-time to 'the office' (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/15/uk-workers-office-return-linkedin). This finding is somewhat predictable, especially at a time with a 'cost of living crisis' and concerns about expensive child care (this can, reportedly, swallow up the entire salaries of some folk).