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Ozgur Gocer, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney

Office design isn’t keeping up with post-COVID work styles - here’s what workers really want

Flexible work has become the new norm, despite the best efforts of companies calling workers back to the office.

Some employers assume that a return to the old ways of working is both possible and desirable. But for many workers, their perception of the office environment has changed.

According to our new study, only 27% of surveyed office workers now spend more than 30 hours a week at their workplace — down from 69% before the pandemic. That was typical of a predominantly full-time office-based culture.

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