With searches for ‘burnout signs and symptoms’ up 50% worldwide in 2024, Instant Offices have analysed trends across 30 global cities to reveal where burnout sentiment is highest. To find cities with the highest interest in burnout, Instant Offices researched Google searches at a city level for: Burnout symptoms How to cope with burnout Am […]

With more people than ever willing to relocate to chase career aspirations, higher pay, and a better work-life balance, global workspace provider Instant Offices has analysed and scored high GDP nations based on working hours, annual leave, equality, happiness, parental leave and more to rank the best countries in the world to work and live […]

More than half of the global workforce say they are prepared to leave a job that’s lacking in flexibility and remote working options. The latest research collated by Instant Offices, a Global Workspace Specialists, shows 9 out of 10 office workers say they want more flexibility in where and when they do their job – and more than half of […]

More than half of the global workforce say they are prepared to leave a job that’s lacking in flexibility and remote working options. The latest research collated by Instant Offices, a Global Workspace Specialists, shows 9 out of 10 office workers say they want more flexibility in where and when they do their job – and more than half of […]

More than half of the global workforce say they are prepared to leave a job that’s lacking in flexibility and remote working options. The latest research collated by Instant Offices shows that nine out of 10 office workers say they want more flexibility in where and when they do their job – and more than half of them are willing […]

While the COVID-19 pandemic felt like it was slowing down progress in the business world in many ways, it has accelerated several key developments in the workplace, which would have taken much longer without the unexpected disruption. As the new world of work takes shape, one of the top talent trends that emerged for 2021 has been […]

Women make up nearly half of the total labour force in several countries and spend nearly twice as much time on unpaid labour (like childcare and housework) than their male counterparts. The trend towards longer parental leave is helping to address this inequality, but it’s worth noting that maternity leave still varies widely from country to country. […]

As April is Stress Awareness Month, Instant Offices researched how the last year has affected employee mental health – but also what business and individual employees can do to improve and support mental health. As remote working has been the new normal for the last year, self-isolation and health-related anxiety have created a general sense of unease for many […]

From better work-life balance and wellbeing to zero commute time, working from home is said to have more than a few perks. According to a recent study by Instant Offices, Britons who have been working from home have accumulated 1.2 billion extra hours which means a mammoth figure of £21.9 billion worth of unpaid overtime is lost. […]

35% of female business founders still face gender bias when raising their business capital, while female entrepreneurs also receive an average of 5% less funding than their male counterparts. That’s according to research from Instant Offices, which revealed that although there has been encouraging growth from a mere 17% to 32.37% over the past four years, men are […]

With most of the country on strict lockdown and no prospect of returning to the office any time soon, 2021 is playing out like much of last year. People all over the country are understandably frustrated and tired. With uncertainty around the future and remote working continuing for most, staying motivated at work is crucial […]

New research has placed Mexico at the top of the list for most hours worked, with employees in the country putting in 2137 hours annually. This is followed by Costa Rica, at 2059.6 hours a year, Korea at 1967 hours a year, and Greece at 1949 hours a year. At the other end of the scale, Denmark, Germany and Norway have the […]

As the world slowly revolves back to normality, some cities are still benefitting from lockdown-related improvements to air quality, while others are slipping back into a haze. That’s according to new research collated by Global Workspace Provider Instant Offices, which revealed air pollution has increased six out of the top fifteen major cities since June. […]

Six out of every ten people globally who describe themselves as a thought leader on LinkedIn is a man. That’s according to research from Instant Offices, which says of all the profiles analysed, 63% of thought leader profiles belonged to men compared to 37% of women, with the results leaning heavily towards men across virtually […]

With businesses across the world seeing the tangible benefits of a mobile workforce over the last few months, returning to the office may become temporary as working from home potentially becomes a new way of working. That’s according to research collated by Instant Offices, which carried out research to see which countries are currently leading […]

As employees return to work, UK businesses are likely to face a backlog of annual leave requests that could cost thousands of pounds. By collecting data and analysing the average monthly salary at a baseline at £2,214 and at least 50% of employee annual leave owed, Coworking Specialists Instant Offices has calculated how much it […]

Boffins at Instant Offices have been crunching the numbers on how the current climate is sparking a change in the way businesses and their workers interact with the environment every day. For many companies, the pressure to change is coming from all sides. In Europe, 25% of businesses cite government regulations as their least favorable […]

In the last decade, presenteeism – the act of working more hours than required – has tripled in the UK with more than 4 in 5 people observing it compared to just a quarter in 2010. As coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to spread, both within the UK and globally, employers should be discouraging, and tackling, ‘presenteeism’ […]