Workplace Design Positively Correlates with Work Satisfaction and Engagement

There has been much research made into work satisfaction that suggests engaged employees are less likely to leave their current place of work, they're more productive and take less time off work due to sickness.  

We're strong believers here at Southern Office Furniture that workplace design can have a huge impact on employee engagement and satisfaction.  We have had plenty of feedback from our clients, and our recent survey has backed this up.

We asked 350 employees based in the UK “How important do you think workplace design is in terms of work satisfaction and engagement?”  

Here's our findings...

60.7% of respondents agreed that workplace design is somewhat important or very important in terms of work satisfaction and engagement.

Only 12.3% of respondents suggested workplace design did not have a bearing on their work satisfaction and engagement.

Age

As you might expect, the younger generation believe workplace design has a larger impact on work satisfaction and engagement than the older generation.

Comparing 25 – 34 year olds to 55 – 64 years olds

We can see that 70.2% of 25 – 34 year olds feel workplace design is an important factor in work satisfaction and engagement levels.  Whereas only 51.2% of the older generation (55 – 64 year olds) believe it's an important factor.

Perhaps this is due to the increasingly accommodating college and university facilities the younger generation are now experiencing before they're entering the workplace.  Fitness centres, flexible class schedules, state of the art technology and the ability to work in whatever environment they choose, to name but a few.

Gender

While there wasn't a significant difference between genders, the survey suggests women regard workplace design as having more of an impact on engagement than men.