Britons resist five-day office week with more than half willing to take a pay cut to work more from home

Only 3 per cent of UK workers are happy to be in the office five days a week and more than half would take a pay cut to be able to work more from home, a recruiter has warned.

Data from recruiting firm Morgan McKinley found that 93 percent expressed a strong preference to continue in a hybrid or remote work model.

The survey of 3,400 workers revealed that one or two days in the office is the preferred weekly work pattern for 52 percent of professionals, while another 22 percent choose between three and four days.

Only 3 percent are happy to be in the office for five business days. And up to 51 percent of workers said they would even give up pay increases in exchange for greater flexibility.

Morgan McKinley’s David Leithead said: “Four years into the pandemic, the global workforce is still grappling with the ongoing debate over hybrid working models.”