Tag: working from home
1 in 5 home workers not leaving the house
One in five home workers aren’t leaving the house in daylight hours during the week as lockdown continues to take its toll. Being too busy to take a lunch break, poor weather and having no reason to go out means 87% have had spells this winter where they haven’t set foot outside during the day…
Interlaken, Switzerland best ‘secluded place to work’
A new study by Small Business Prices has found the ultimate secluded places to work remotely around the world. Interlaken, Switzerland ranks as the best location overall for all WiFi metrics, offering the highest number of WiFi spots in the study, with 2,596 in total. The metrics used in this research include the average monthly…
Sales of Campervans surge as demand for mobile offices increase
Revolution Campervans, which produces campers from new or used VW Transporters, claims to have seen a surge in sales as customers buy them as mobile offices, doubling as a base for camping adventures and staycations. Kelly Smith, who owns her own candle and jewellery making business in Sussex, Billy’s Beach Hut, bought one in the…
Over two thirds ‘missing the office’, claims survey
More than two-thirds of office workers admitted they have missed their workplace during the pandemic – with their desk, gossip and even meetings among the most longed for things. The study of 2,000 office workers found simply speaking to people face-to-face topped the list of the most missed aspects. Having equipment including printers and multiple…
Harrogate ranked best place in UK to Work From Home
Image: Euan's Guide As millions of us dream of leaving the UK’s cities due to changing working patterns, Harrogate in Yorkshire has emerged as the best place to work from home. With its superfast 60Mbps broadband, huge amounts of green space in the area, low crime rates and good schools, the…
Workers fear work-life balance has worsened, claims survey
Workers fear their work-life balance has worsened - as working from home means they find it difficult to switch off and they miss chatting to their colleagues. A study of 2,000 employees who've spent recent months working from home, found half wished they had more a better balance. And 42 per cent said it has…
One in four home workers doing job from their bed
A quarter of home workers — more than four million employees — are doing their job from bed or in their nightwear, and 40% have worked from the sofa Two thirds of workers say they are just as productive or even more so, but nearly half find it hard to juggle working with home-schooling their…
Survey reveals that you work way too hard
A survey by phone network 3 has revealed some nasty statistics about quite how much you lot work. Turns out that 31% of you feel you have to be contactable by work whenever and wherever you are, 23% of you have answered calls or sent emails whilst down the pub, 25% have worked on public transport and 13% of you have sent emails and made work calls from the doctor’s surgery (in the waiting room, I presume)…
Research: remote workers prefer wanking to banking
Everyone likes to have the odd chuckle at people who are ‘working from home’ often implying that these lucky remote workers are either spending all day watching Jeremy Kyle and browsing free internet porn. Little do they know, they’re actually underestimating the sheer depravity of their co-workers…
