According to a survey commissioned by The Work Foundation and Microsoft, and reported on Onrec, British workers need to rethink how they spend their time in the office. 

Out of more than 1,000 office workers who took part, only 11% thought of their offices as a ‘creative environment’ with more than a third labelling their place of work ‘uninspiring’.  It was also found that personal relationships at work are thought of as extremely important with friendly colleagues (64%) and a friendly boss (51%) seen as the most important considerations when looking for a job (aside from salary).  With this in mind, it is surprising employees often waste valuable opportunities to interact with fellow workers by staring at our computer screen.

“We need to redefine the term ‘office work,’” believes James McCarthy, mobile working expert at Microsoft and the man behind moof.com. “Far too many of us endure a daily commute, only to sit at our desks and work on jobs that we could do from anywhere with an internet connection. So when in the office, I urge office workers to consider leaving their desks and taking the opportunity to go and interact with their colleagues instead.”

Moofer (from the acronym; Mobile Out of Office) is a term used to describe the new breed of worker that sees the office as just one location that’s key to their job rather than the only location. Moofers understand that work is something you do and not just somewhere you go, they work smarter rather than harder and have a better work-life balance.

To read the full article, please visit Onrec.com