The pendulum of public opinion on in-office work has swung back: When it comes to getting work done efficiently, the office has value you simply can’t replicate—sometimes.
Last summer, leaders at architecture firm Gensler’s research arm surveyed over 4,000 workers who go into the office at least some of the time, anywhere from all day, every day to an hour a month. They published their findings in November in their Work, Life and the Workplace report, which opens with a stunning stat: On average,U.S.-based office workers come into their offices for 48% of their typical workweek. But those workers said that in order to be productive, they’d need to bump that split up to 63%.
