Over a million workers quit jobs due to lack of flexibility – CIPD
Research found that just over half of employees (53%) felt pressure to spend more time in the workplace.
Over a million UK workers left their jobs last year because they did not have enough flexibility, according to Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) research.
Just over half of employees (53%) felt pressure to spend more time in the workplace, and younger workers were more likely to move on due to a lack of flexible options.
3% of employees surveyed had quit in the past year, which equates to about 1.1 million workers.
At the same time, 14% of employers said they planned to increase or introduce mandatory days in the office.
Most pressure to return to the workplace came from senior leaders, with 70% of employees saying this was the case.
The research also highlighted the need for more flexible working arrangements such as flexi-time, job sharing, and compressed hours, so workers who cannot work from home can still have flexible options.
In the survey, 91% of organisations offered some form of flexible working.
Just over half (51%) required staff to be on-site a minimum number of days a week, usually three.
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