Aussie employees ‘may quit’ if office days are mandated, finds Bastion

A new report out today shows 21% of female employees and 60% of older employees are unlikely to want to return to the office – a trend that potentially points to future offices which skew towards male workers and younger workers.

“After nearly two years of working in and out of lockdowns, employees feel liberated and empowered by the flexibility they’ve experienced, and many would now rather choose to leave their job than lose their ability to work from home when they want to,” Bastion Reputation CEO Clare Gleghorn said.

Amid much talk of the Great Resignation, The Future of Work (Adapting to the New Normal) report by Bastion Reputation and Bastion Insights found that two in five employees surveyed want more than anything to have control over where and when they work. For some, having flexibility was more important than incentives such as higher pay.