In general, do you think that employees at your business work to a higher standard or lower standard when working from home, or do you think it is about the same?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
A much higher standard
7%
A slightly higher standard
15%
About the same
45%
A slightly lower standard
17%
A much lower standard
3%
Don't know
12%
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Approximately 45 percent of people in Great Britain thought that working from home had no impact on work standards, with seven percent advising that it led to a much higher standard of work. By contrast, 17 percent of employees thought that work standards were slightly lower at home, with 3 percent believing standards to be be much lower.
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