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life ’,” commented Mary Carter-Lee , people and culture director , Identity . “ Working from home all the time is also way down the list of priorities when deciding on a future role , with almost everyone wanting to work some of the time in the office – or away from home .”
Claire Fennelow , chief executive of EVCOM , said : “ It ’ s interesting that salary and opportunity to work from home are given equal importance in looking at future roles despite 35 % of audience being under 35 – I would have thought the younger group would be more interested in being in an office environment .”
To echo Fennelow ’ s comment ; there are certain sectors of the
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“ I was surprised to see that 77 % of companies have some of their staff working entirely from home , I feel that this could be a mental health time bomb .”
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industry that simply can ’ t or won ’ t work from home . “ We do offer our team the opportunity to work two days from home , but the vast majority ( 85 %) prefer to be in the office ,” commented Jack Jacob , managing director of public sector event organiser PNE .
“ We are a growing company , so our teams really benefit from being together in the office – learning from each other and bouncing ideas off each other . I think it ’ s hard to build a company culture if everyone is working at home .”
Joanne Barratt , managing director , The Venues Collection and Lime Venue Portfolio , said : “ As a venue collection , our teams cannot work from home ; you simply can ’ t be a chef , run an event or conduct a physical venue show round from home .
“ Many suppliers cannot operate from home either because they have physical kit to get ready for an event . Is the fact that so many event agency staff now want to work from home creating a divide in our industry ? Can we really encourage clients and delegates to meet in person again , if so many of the industry don ’ t want to leave their homes ?”
“ I was surprised to see that 77 % of companies have some of their staff working entirely from home , I feel that this could be a mental health time bomb ,” said Margaret Reeves , managing director , RefTech . “ We do still offer flexible working – subject to event and client needs – but personally I don ’ t think that working entirely from home is healthy for a lot of people .
“ Employers need to be aware of this as they have a duty of care , but where does the level of concern stop ? Do we force staff back into the office to ensure that they do have some real-life interaction with their teams ? How will this impact on
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employees ’ mental health in the long term ? In 10 years , will we look back and acknowledge the damage it has done ?”
“ For an industry that is built on the coming together of people face-to-face , it is interesting to see these results from individuals who work within the sector ,” commented Kerrin MacPhie , chief executive , the Meetings Industry Association ( mia ). “ The question now often asked is ‘ do hybrid / virtual meetings have a place ?’ Yes , they do based on 85 % of the respondents ’ view .”
Next steps
Over the coming months , we will be taking a deep dive to look at how location and job title affects salaries and to see how age and ethnicity affect the findings . Look out for further features exploring and cross-referencing the results in more detail . CN
l The full whitepaper will be available as a free download from EventHub . Jobs .
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Margaret Reeves
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