Flexible working outside the home office

According to the study of the Third Working Place workstation provider Regus many people want to be active in alternative jobs. The balance between family life and job plays the biggest role.

The survey, carried ZZA User Responsive Environments created, 73 percent of respondents said that a convenient location to place of residence is the most important benefit for an alternative job. In this way, can work less stressful and time-consuming commutes to be avoided. So-called third jobs can also be stated by Regus libraries or informal public places.

A total of 52 percent of office workers who work at alternative work sites use, business center, offering a complete office infrastructure. Around three quarters of this group spends at least three days per week on such work. At the same time would like the vast majority of all respondents do not work from home, they prefer to operate in an environment with all the tools other people do their job. This enables synergies and achieve a sense of common purpose.

“The work on alternative work places makes for better working conditions and support to businesses in recruiting qualified employees,” says Ziona Strelitz of ZZA. It is also noteworthy that come people who regularly use third jobs, from all age groups. “The study revealed no association between the use of alternative work locations and ages of people.”

The conclusion of the study is for Regus, therefore, that companies need to set up an office space at strategic locations to ensure a positive work-life balance. On the other hand, these jobs offer the opportunity to reduce costs because the companies are no longer bound to solid real estate contracts and the employees work as required in the business center can be.

In the study, survey data from a total of 17,000 global companies and business people were evaluated.