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November 2022 - Pharmaceutical

 

75% of employers in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector suggest that working from home will limit career prospects: A survey of employers in leadership roles working in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector has found that 75% believe that working from home will limit the career prospects of employees in some way or other.

The survey was one of the first of its kind and polled over 3,000 employees and 2,750 employers across nine European countries, to understand the true motivations behind why employees are reluctant to return to the office.

The survey found that around two-fifths of employers believe that the opportunity for promotion stand to be negatively impacted, and over a third (35%) believing that it will impact bonuses.

Survey respondents were asked what might encourage employees to go back to the office, a third said that flexible starting times might be an attractive offer (33%), while 29% thought that paying for travel expenses to and from the office might offer a solution. Almost a quarter (24%) said that offering separate spaces for collaborative work and also a quieter space for working with minimal disruption might help to entice employees away from homeworking.

Employees were asked the same question, which revealed a 'greater appetite- for incentives to go back to the office. Seven out 10 (71%) said they would like to see flexi starting times, with more than three-quarters (77%) saying they would like to be offered complimentary drinks and snacks. Almost eight in 10 (78%) said that access ro training and development programmed would encourage them to go back to the office.

Claire Shepherd, Global Chief Operating Officer, Unispace, said:

"While the world of work as we know it has changed for good, our research does strongly indicate that the office itself is by no means redundant, particularly for a sector that cannot make a complete shift to remote working. But employees need to be shown that there are clear opportunities for career progression and in-office training programmes if employers hope to encourage staff back to the office to enable cross-discipline collaboration and drive impactful engagement.”75% of employers in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector suggested that working from home will limit career prospects."

75% of employers in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector suggested that working from home will limit career prospects

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