It has become apparent that office workers of today require more from their office space. Gone are the days when workers were prepared to sit at any old desk, standards are rising in regards to the quality of office space and workers are unwilling to be left behind.
There is large amount of vacant commercial property in Britain at the moment; as a result there is immense competition amongst commercial property landlords, in regards to who can offer the best deal. There are two categories where commercial property landlords can compete – price and quality.
Potential tenants, who are willing to offer that bit extra monetary wise, can find themselves in a high specification office space, for a relatively low cost.
As a result of this, workers attitudes towards office space standards are rising. Chairman of the British Council for Offices, Matt Oakley, believes that company bosses are finding themselves having to raise the quality of their commercial property space, in order to boost retention of staff. Oakley even proclaimed that high specification and modern office space can boost the quality of staff working for an organisation. Oakley said, ‘It is clear that employers are starting to think more about the office as a tool to attract the best available staff.’
Some may see this information as conflicting, given that the British Council for offices recently proclaimed that due to advances in technology, more and more workers across the UK are taking a flexible approach to working and will be leaving commercial property and working from home. However, Mr Oakley said: ‘That doesn’t mean that lots of people [will be] working from home all the time, but it is more about employers giving their employees the opportunity to work from the best possible place, whether it be at a desk, from one office or a number of offices…More flexible and multi-locational workers aren’t tied to a desk five days a week, but they still [may] come into the office for face-to-face contact.’
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