Work After Lockdown: No Going Back

This is our second report from our study that reflects what we have learned working from home through the COVID-19 pandemic and how workers are saying no more 9-5; the future of work is hybrid.

Our key finding is that there has been a permanent mindset shift about how work is organised among the UK’s formerly office-based workforce. British workers don’t want a daily commute to the office. Neither they nor their managers think this is an efficient way of working. While they have missed the sociability and collaboration of offices, they want to retain some of the gains of the past two years around improved trust, more humane and personalised leadership communication, and better quality meetings.