The Lonely Workers Club: Niki Fuchs in Facilitate Magazine
11th Nov 2020
Have you heard of the Lonely Workers Club?
Lonely workers take twice as many sick days, perform less well, and demonstrate less commitment. In fact, a recent OSiT survey suggested that 29% of workers found loneliness to be the biggest downside of working from home, with 25% of respondents reporting feelings of anxiety.
The negative experience of home working promoted our divisional manager Georgia Sandom to establish a ‘Lonely Workers Club’ in July, which has provided some workers with a safe, communal workspace, offering much-needed respite from the isolation of working from home.
Discussing these very impacts in Facilitate Magazine, OSiT Managing Director Niki Fuchs outlines why a safe return to the office will be critical for this generation of workers to reach their full potential and argues that, while businesses face a longer-term challenge to get teams back to work, it’s clear that the impact on worker productivity and wellbeing must urgently be addressed.
Read the full article here.