67% of employees want to work from the office while 18% want to work from an office close to their place of residence and remaining 15% prefer working from home, according to a survey by The Office Pass (TOP), a coworking operator.
The survey include response from over 700 employees and 72 SMB founders in India and 76% of the respondents were males, and 24% were females.
Within the employees, the propensity to work from office is the highest among senior management (77%) followed by middle management (66%) and finally junior-level employees (65%).
Coworking is the most preferred working place for employees in human resources (88%), sales & marketing (70%), admin (69%), and procurement & logistics (67%) functions.
“The 2023 survey demonstrates that employees prefer the fast-paced environment of an office over the cosy atmosphere of working from home. In this situation, both coworking centres and traditional offices are feasible options for transitioning out of the pandemic-induced lifestyle we have all experienced.