ECJ EUROPEAN Cleaning Journal

A new study by facilities solutions provider ABM has found that nearly 9 in 10 workers globally would give up a portion of their salary in exchange for a more personalised work experience.

The research, published in ABM's white paper How Modern Workplaces Win, surveyed more than 500 full-time office workers across the UK, US and Ireland. It finds employees are not opposed to office life - but they are clear about what it needs to offer. Eighty-five per cent say they would willingly spend more time in the office if the right facilities were in place. More than eight in 10 agree a great office space directly improves culture.

As more and more businesses mandate more days in the office following the work-from-home trend after the pandemic,that gap between the appetite to return and the experience worth returning for is becoming harder to ignore, says ABM. For example, research from King's College London tracking over one million UK workers shows compliance with full-time return-to-office requirements has fallen from 54 per cent to 42 per cent in two years.

The research was commissioned to support the launch of ABM's new workplace experience offer, delivered by its ABM Experience Solutions team.

Simon Barnes, VP sales and marketing explained: "The depth of expertise our team has now underpins ABM's fully integrated workplace offer. The ABM Experience Solutions team places hospitality-trained professionals inside client workplaces, supported by bespoke diagnostics which gives clients a tailored service designed to engage. The result is a workplace that does not just look good on a floorplan but one that works measurably and consistently for the people inside it."