The role of HR in Real Estate decision making

As offices become much more people focused, HR teams are now becoming an increasingly influential stakeholder in the property decision-making process. Savills and Personnel Today are interested to hear your thoughts on your company's real estate decisions and the role the HR community plays in these decisions ?

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* 1. Which part of the UK is your company's headquarters/main office located?

East

East Midlands

London

North East

North West

Northern Ireland

Scotland

South East

South West

Wales

West Midlands

Yorkshire And The Humber

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* 2. Number of company employees

1-19

20-49

50-99

100-249

250-499

500-999

1000-4,999

5,000-9,999

10,000-49,999

50,000-99,999

100,000+

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* 3. Which ONE out of the following BEST describes the sector in which you currently work? (If the sector you currently work in does not show in the list below, please type your answer in the "Other" box)

Banking

Financial Services

Technology (e.g. IT, software)

Telecommunications

Professional (Accountancy/ Consultancy)

Legal

Creative/ Media

Healthcare

Manufacturing

Real Estate/construction

Energy

Public Services/Government

Academic

Pharmaceutical/ Biotechnology

Other (please specify)

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* 4. In which of the following locations is your current main office/Headquarters?

A town/city centre

Suburban location

A business/office/science/technology park

A rural location

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* 5. In which of the following locations do you feel would be optimal for your main office ?

A town/ city centre

A suburban location

A business/office/science/technology park

A rural location

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* 6. To what extent does your company feel it is beneficial for HR to be involved in real estate decisions?

	No benefit	Some benefit	Highly beneficial
Size of space	Size of space No benefit	Size of space Some benefit	Size of space Highly beneficial
Retention	Retention No benefit	Retention Some benefit	Retention Highly beneficial
Location	Location No benefit	Location Some benefit	Location Highly beneficial
Type of space	Type of space No benefit	Type of space Some benefit	Type of space Highly beneficial

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* 7. To what extent are HR involved in real estate decision making for each of these factors in your company?

	1 - Not involved	2	3	4	5 - Very involved
Location	Location 1 - Not involved	Location 2	Location 3	Location 4	Location 5 - Very involved
Internal design / layout (e.g. look and feel)	Internal design / layout (e.g. look and feel) 1 - Not involved	Internal design / layout (e.g. look and feel) 2	Internal design / layout (e.g. look and feel) 3	Internal design / layout (e.g. look and feel) 4	Internal design / layout (e.g. look and feel) 5 - Very involved
Employee facilities (e.g. changing rooms, showers)	Employee facilities (e.g. changing rooms, showers) 1 - Not involved	Employee facilities (e.g. changing rooms, showers) 2	Employee facilities (e.g. changing rooms, showers) 3	Employee facilities (e.g. changing rooms, showers) 4	Employee facilities (e.g. changing rooms, showers) 5 - Very involved
ESG policy	ESG policy 1 - Not involved	ESG policy 2	ESG policy 3	ESG policy 4	ESG policy 5 - Very involved

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* 8. At what point are HR involved in real estate decision making?

Only early stages ( from the beginning)

Only late stages ( final decision making)

All stages

Not involved at all

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* 9. As an HR person how important do you see real estate as a tool to attract talent ?

Extremely important

Very important

Somewhat important

Not so important

Not at all important

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* 10. As an HR person how important do you see real estate as a tool to retain talent ?

Extremely important

Very important

Somewhat important

Not so important

Not at all important

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* 11. To what extent are you satisfied with your current office space ?

	1 - Not satisfied	2	3	4	5 - Very satisfied
Work-life balance	Work-life balance 1 - Not satisfied	Work-life balance 2	Work-life balance 3	Work-life balance 4	Work-life balance 5 - Very satisfied
Employee Productivity	Employee Productivity 1 - Not satisfied	Employee Productivity 2	Employee Productivity 3	Employee Productivity 4	Employee Productivity 5 - Very satisfied
Health & Wellbeing	Health & Wellbeing 1 - Not satisfied	Health & Wellbeing 2	Health & Wellbeing 3	Health & Wellbeing 4	Health & Wellbeing 5 - Very satisfied
Business Growth	Business Growth 1 - Not satisfied	Business Growth 2	Business Growth 3	Business Growth 4	Business Growth 5 - Very satisfied
Collaboration	Collaboration 1 - Not satisfied	Collaboration 2	Collaboration 3	Collaboration 4	Collaboration 5 - Very satisfied
Amenities / facilities for employees	Amenities / facilities for employees 1 - Not satisfied	Amenities / facilities for employees 2	Amenities / facilities for employees 3	Amenities / facilities for employees 4	Amenities / facilities for employees 5 - Very satisfied
ESG performance of the building	ESG performance of the building 1 - Not satisfied	ESG performance of the building 2	ESG performance of the building 3	ESG performance of the building 4	ESG performance of the building 5 - Very satisfied

If you would like to give reasons to the above answers please add to the box below

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* 12. How important is the main office/headquarters to achieve the following factors?

	1 - Not important	2	3	4	5 - Very important
Work-life balance	Work-life balance 1 - Not important	Work-life balance 2	Work-life balance 3	Work-life balance 4	Work-life balance 5 - Very important
Employee Productivity	Employee Productivity 1 - Not important	Employee Productivity 2	Employee Productivity 3	Employee Productivity 4	Employee Productivity 5 - Very important
Health & Wellbeing	Health & Wellbeing 1 - Not important	Health & Wellbeing 2	Health & Wellbeing 3	Health & Wellbeing 4	Health & Wellbeing 5 - Very important
Business Growth	Business Growth 1 - Not important	Business Growth 2	Business Growth 3	Business Growth 4	Business Growth 5 - Very important
Collaboration	Collaboration 1 - Not important	Collaboration 2	Collaboration 3	Collaboration 4	Collaboration 5 - Very important
Amenities / facilities for employees	Amenities / facilities for employees 1 - Not important	Amenities / facilities for employees 2	Amenities / facilities for employees 3	Amenities / facilities for employees 4	Amenities / facilities for employees 5 - Very important
ESG performance of the building	ESG performance of the building 1 - Not important	ESG performance of the building 2	ESG performance of the building 3	ESG performance of the building 4	ESG performance of the building 5 - Very important

If you would like to give reasons to the above answers please add to the box below

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* 13. To what extent will you engage with your workforce prior to future office moves?

A great deal

A lot

A moderate amount

A little

Not at all

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* 14. How do you see the amount of office space required by your company changing in the next 12 months, three years and five years?

	1 - significant decrease	2 - slight decrease	3 - same	4- slight increase	5 - Significant increase
Next 12 months	Next 12 months 1 - significant decrease	Next 12 months 2 - slight decrease	Next 12 months 3 - same	Next 12 months 4- slight increase	Next 12 months 5 - Significant increase
Next three years	Next three years 1 - significant decrease	Next three years 2 - slight decrease	Next three years 3 - same	Next three years 4- slight increase	Next three years 5 - Significant increase
Next five years	Next five years 1 - significant decrease	Next five years 2 - slight decrease	Next five years 3 - same	Next five years 4- slight increase	Next five years 5 - Significant increase

What is the reason for this (please specify)

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* 15. THANK YOU
Thank you very much for taking the time to complete the survey.

If you would like to be entered into our prize draw to win £100 of gift vouchers - the details of how to do so are at the end.

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