New research has revealed that many UK workers feel they get less recognition as a direct result of working remotely.
While working remotely has increased productivity along with the number of hours worked, as many as a fifth of UK staff feel that it’s going unnoticed, according to Ezra Coaching. Research of 1,085 UK office workers, carried out by the digital coaching provider, found that 20% of workers feel they now receive less recognition within the workplace due to the nature of remote working. Around 72% said they received the same amount of recognition even when putting in additional work; with just 8% feeling they actually gain more recognition while working remotely.
Despite this angst around a lack of recognition, the vast majority of staff feel safe within their role. Just 10% of staff are worried that a move towards remote working for the long term may result in losing their job, if their role is outsourced.
REMOTE PRODUCTIVITY & FLEXIBILITY
On a positive note, 44% of UK staff said they feel more productive within their role; and 42% feel their productivity hasn’t changed when comparing working from home to the office. Just 15% said they get less done working remotely. Around 55% of workers said they would be more likely to work additional hours when required while working from home.
“An interesting dynamic is currently emerging within the workplace whereby employees are enjoying the flexibility that remote working provides. However, they are starting to feel perhaps a little disconnected from the physical aspect of their role,” stated Ezra Coaching’s Founder & CEO, Nick Goldberg.
For many employees, work satisfaction is based on a wide variety of factors. “And some of these factors simply can’t be obtained, or replicated, in a remote format,” pointed out Goldberg. “Workplace benefits, social interaction, the competition of the workplace or the buzz of an office; these are all things that we’re starting to realise we do actually miss to some extent. Hopefully, as the vaccine rollout continues, we will start to see the scales tip more in favour of a return to the workplace. In the meantime, the good news is that many feel safe within their roles albeit remotely; and don’t fear a wave of outsourcing to further cut costs.”
It remains to be seen to what extent employees will return to a full working environment; as Covid restrictions see many continue to work from home for part of, if not their whole working week. However, recent research suggests that a huge majority of worldwide expect their jobs to be partly remote after the pandemic ends, as reported.
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