ECJ EUROPEAN Cleaning Journal

The younger members of the UK's workforce could be putting an end to the buzzy 2010s corporate trend of hotdesking, as new data suggests more than 71 per cent of white-collar employees are working from an assigned desk in the aftermath of the pandemic.

Most surveyed (58 per cent) reported sticking to a designated desk because of a ‘nervousness of germs' - and of those, the majority were younger generations (63 per cent of 18-24-year-olds and 72 per cent of 25-34-year-olds).

The survey, commissioned by Dettol Pro Solutions, sought to find out how workplace hygiene habits have shifted since the pandemic.

It highlights nervousness among employees about the spread of germs in the workplace. "It's a very interesting time for businesses on the whole," said Jonathan Weiss, commercial director B2B at Reckitt - the company that owns Dettol Pro Solutions.

"We've seen the likes of Tesla and Meta demanding blanket returns to office environments and elsewhere, some businesses are foregoing their physical spaces altogether and moving to a fully remote model. The message is clear, however, for those fully returning or opting for a hybrid approach: germ concern is still rife among employees and to instil confidence, employers and landlords need to rethink the ways they're keeping these spaces hygienically clean and asking teams to engage with them."

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