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Is your employer tempting you ?
As more businesses attempt to transition back to having workers in the office , employers are coming up with some creative ways to incentivise employees to work from home less . To gain a better understanding , business services provider Moneypenny recently analysed 1000 job listings and surveyed 1000 office workers to gauge the most desired benefits .
The most popular offering is a pension but the research shows some other interesting perks on the table , too . With working from home second on the list , it ’ s clear that some businesses are comfortable moving forward with the work model used throughout the pandemic . But this , of course , contrasts with the inclusion of benefits hoped to lure people back into the office – the gym , company events and cycling to work , for example .
Wondering about some of the quirkier benefits on offer ? Take your pick from a free breakfast ( 0.6 %), yoga sessions ( 0.4 %), childcare vouchers ( 0.3 %) and ski trips ( 0.1 %).
w Pension : 41 % w Working from home 22 % w Gym : 12 % w Flexible working : 11 % w Sick pay : 11 % w Company events : 11 % w Casual dress : 10 % w Bonus scheme : 8 % w Wellness programmes : 8 % w Bike to work scheme : 7 %
Looking at this from the employee point of view , there is clearly still a huge demand for working from home but pension and sick pay . Both pension and sick pay are featured as the top perks wished for by office workers at 42 and 41 per cent .
Benefits desired by employees that didn ’ t make the top ten include ; on-site cafes ( 7 %), team nights out ( 4 %) and yoga sessions ( 3 %).
It ’ s interesting to Ceri Henfrey , Chief Operating Officer at Moneypenny said : “ After spending months cooped up
indoors , having a healthy work-life balance is more important than ever .
“ We believe that one of the ways to help keep your staff happy is to provide them competitive and useful benefits that will enhance their experience working for you .
“ We ’ re not surprised to see flexible working , wellbeing programs and more ‘ fun focused ’ perks being featured across the listings we analysed , however , it would be amazing to see more companies following suit in the future !”
Next , let ’ s take a look at the benefits desired by employees , with results taken from the survey :
w Pension : 42 % w Sick pay : 41 % w Flexible work hours : 40 % w Ability to work from home : 30 % w On-site parking : 23 % w Death in service insurance : 21 % w Training : 20 % w Bonus scheme : 19 % w Free eye tests : 18 % w Time in lieu : 18 % S
12 Executive PA | Summer Issue 2023