Although seven out of 10 full-time staff qualify as ‘lone workers’, just under half are unhappy with having to work by themselves.
The term ‘lone worker’ applies to self-employed people and home workers, employees in fields such as painting and decorating or repairs who work away from the office, personnel who work outside of normal hours such as factory security staff and mobile workers such as sales people.
According to a survey undertaken among 1,000 full-time workers in the UK by RedShift Research, just under one in five now spend more than 50% of their time working alone.
But even though 49% said they had felt uncomfortable with the situation at various times, 42% did not bring the matter up with their employer as they were nervous about the consequences.
Some 46% of respondents did not identify themselves as lone workers at all, however, even though 71% could be categorised as such at least at some point in their working day because they regularly worked late in the office (30%) or travelled to meetings on public transport (25%).
The term ‘lone worker’ applies to self-employed people and home workers, employees in fields such as painting and decorating or repairs who work away from the office, personnel who work outside of normal hours such as factory security staff and mobile workers such as sales people.
According to a survey undertaken among 1,000 full-time workers in the UK by RedShift Research, just under one in five now spend more than 50% of their time working alone.
But even though 49% said they had felt uncomfortable with the situation at various times, 42% did not bring the matter up with their employer as they were nervous about the consequences.
Some 46% of respondents did not identify themselves as lone workers at all, however, even though 71% could be categorised as such at least at some point in their working day because they regularly worked late in the office (30%) or travelled to meetings on public transport (25%).
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