Despite the Spread of Remote Work... 4 out of 10 Office Workers Prefer 'Going to the Office'
AlSquare and Saramin Joint Survey on ‘Office Workers’ Perceptions of Work Environment’ with 2,625 Participants
37.1% of Respondents Prefer ‘Office Attendance with Assigned Seating’
Face-to-Face Work Effectiveness Cannot Be Ignored; Clear Separation Between Work and Daily Life
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] Although remote work has become routine due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, four out of ten office workers still prefer ‘going to the office’.
According to a survey conducted on June 23 by AlSquare and Saramin targeting 2,625 office workers about their perceptions of the work environment, 37.1% of respondents said their preferred work style was ‘going to the office and working at an assigned seat.’ The next most preferred was hybrid work, combining office attendance and remote work, at 36.9%.
Contrary to expectations that the MZ generation would prefer remote work, workers in their 20s most preferred ‘office attendance with assigned seating (36.9%).’ For those in their 30s, hybrid work (42.0%) was the most preferred, followed by office attendance with assigned seating (34.0%).
Half of the respondents who preferred office work cited ‘the necessity and efficiency of face-to-face work’ as their reason. This was followed by ‘the need to separate work and daily life’ and ‘jobs or industries where office attendance is essential.’
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Office workers believe that office work will not disappear in the future work environment. They predicted that hybrid work (64.3%) and ‘hub office work (15.3%),’ which involves commuting to satellite offices near home, will be the future work environments. Only 31.9% of respondents said the future workplace environment would be replaced entirely by remote work. Those who believed the future workplace would not shift completely to remote work cited ‘the efficiency of face-to-face work’ and ‘limitations in communication and collaboration in remote work’ as reasons.
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