Too many people go to work for a social life, says former newspaper editor Too many people head to the office to socialise, says ex-newspaper editor Baroness Wheatcroft who is backing working from home.
The row over civil servants' working patterns has intensified, with Government mandating a return to the office for at least three days a week, putting them at loggerheads with HM Land Registry and prompting protests from the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS).
The peer, who formerly edited The Sunday Telegraph and The Wall Street Journal Europe, said that many people spark up romantic entanglements with colleagues when they meet at work.
She added: "A poll by YouGov with the TUC found that one in three people had had a relationship with a colleague, 22% were married to or in a civil partnership with someone they met at work.".
If employers, including the Government, share my belief that a strong team culture is important in building success, then I think they should insist on a minimum presence in the office.
