Andrews Sykes brings the beach into the office in response to study
Three in five office workers are feeling glum about being stuck indoors during the recent heatwave.
A third of office workers said being in the office on a sunny day makes them feel trapped, and one in four feel they are wasting their life in front of their computer when the sun is out.
Seventeen per cent also find themselves getting distracted thinking about their friends and family who are out and about enjoying the sunshine without them.
To combat this, working Brits wish they could take 12 extra ‘Sun Days’ a year to soak up some extra Vitamin D.
If workers decide to take a ‘Sun Day’ off from work, 28 per cent would spend their free hours in the garden, while one in seven would hit the beach to catch some rays.
In response to the findings of workers pining for the sunshine, Andrews Sykes decided to bring the summer indoors for one lucky office, by setting up the Office Beach.
Complete with sand, cocktails and games, the Office Beach brings a taste of the summer to an otherwise-drab office environment.
1. Have you ever fallen out with a colleague over the temperature of the office?
| Yes, often | 9.60% 192 |
| Yes, sometimes | 32.25% 645 |
| Never | 58.15% 1163 |
2. If you have fallen out with a colleague over the temperature of the office was it because it was too hot or too cold?
| Too hot | 36.08% 302 |
| Too cold | 41.22% 345 |
| Both | 22.70% 190 |
3. Have you ever come up with an excuse to get out and enjoy the sunshine rather than spend the day in a stuffy office?
| Yes | 31.40% 628 |
| No | 68.60% 1372 |
4. Have you ever come up with an excuse to get out and enjoy the sunshine rather than spend the day in a stuffy office?
| I pretended I had a doctor's appointment | 30.41% 191 |
| I said I was sick | 32.01% 201 |
| I pretended I had a dentist apt | 15.29% 96 |
| I said a relative was ill | 9.08% 57 |
| I pretended my pet was poorly | 7.01% 44 |
| I said one of my children was poorly | 8.28% 52 |
| I said I had car trouble | 10.67% 67 |
| Other | 20.06% 126 |
5. How many days did you work last year when you wished you could have escaped the office to enjoy the sunshine?
| 0 | 13.95% 279 |
| 1 | 2.30% 46 |
| 2 | 3.80% 76 |
| 3 | 4.50% 90 |
| 4 | 3.45% 69 |
| 5 | 8.10% 162 |
| 6 | 2.75% 55 |
| 7 | 4.95% 99 |
| 8 | 1.50% 30 |
| 9 | 1.80% 36 |
| 10 | 14.95% 299 |
| 11 | 1.00% 20 |
| 12 | 1.60% 32 |
| 13 | 0.60% 12 |
| 14 | 3.20% 64 |
| 15 | 2.15% 43 |
| 16 | 0.30% 6 |
| 17 | 0.50% 10 |
| 18 | 0.25% 5 |
| 19 | 0.20% 4 |
| 20 | 5.35% 107 |
| 21 | 0.55% 11 |
| 22 | 0.15% 3 |
| 23 |
0.05% 1 |
| 24 |
0.20% 4 |
| 25 | 0.35% 7 |
| 26 | 0.05% 1 |
| 27 | 0.10% 2 |
| 28 | 0.05% 1 |
| 29 | 0.05% 1 |
| 30 |
1.00% 20 |
| 31+ | 20.25% 405 |
| Average | 12.44 |
6. What do you think the average temperature of your office is (in degrees Celsius)? Please select best match.
| 15-18 | 13.05% 261 |
| 19-22 | 56.20% 1124 |
| 23-25 | 25.60% 512 |
| 26-30 | 4.40% 88 |
| 31+ | 0.75% 15 |
| Average | 21.28 |
7. How do you most often feel when you are in the office at your desk and it is very sunny outside?
| I don't mind it | 26.30% 526 |
| hate it | 17.65% 353 |
| I like being inside when it's warm outside |
10.90% 218 |
| It makes me sad | 12.55% 251 |
| It makes me angry | 2.05% 41 |
| I get frustrated | 7.85% 157 |
8. How many days a year do you think you wear 'summer clothes' to work?
| 0 | 15.90% 318 |
| 1 - 50 | 45.15% 903 |
| 51-100 | 17.75% 355 |
| 101-150 |
13.55% 271 |
| 151-200 | 4.90% 98 |
| 201-250 | 1.75% 35 |
| 251-300 | 0.50% 10 |
| 301-365 | 0.50% 10 |
| Average | 57.51 |
9. Does being in an office when it is warm outside affect your mood?
| Yes, often |
14.35% 287 |
| Yes, sometimes | 57.20% 1144 |
| No | 28.45% 569 |
10. Are you more likely to fall out with colleagues if it is too warm in the office?
| Yes, definitely | 8.85% 177 |
| Yes, somewhat |
30.85% 617 |
| No | 60.30% 1206 |
11. Do you have people in your office who insist on the temperature being 'too cold' for you?
| Yes a lot of them |
7.40% 148 |
| Yes a few | 34.55% 691 |
| No I don't | 49.60% 992 |
| Don't know |
8.45% 169 |
12. In general do you think your office is too warm or too cold?
| Too warm |
28.60% 572 |
| Too cold |
22.90% 458 |
| Neither/both | 48.50% 970 |
13. Have you ever wished your employer would do something about the temperature in your office?
| Yes, many times | 24.90% 498 |
| Yes, once or twice |
40.95% 819 |
| No | 34.15% 683 |
14. What would you most like your employer to do to keep your office cool during summer?
| Create an office beach to sit by at lunchtime | 5.20% 104 |
| Provide free ice creams | 18.00% 360 |
| Provide fans |
22.55% 451 |
| Provide air conditioning | 30.05% 601 |
| None | 21.65% 433 |
| Other |
2.55% 51 |
15. Is there a thermostat in your office you can adjust?
| Yes | 35.40% 708 |
| No | 64.60% 1292 |
16. If yes, have you ever adjusted it to suit your own preferred temperature?
| Yes, many times |
30.65% 217 |
| Yes, once or twice | 45.90% 325 |
| No | 23.45% 166 |
17. What would be the ideal office temperature for you? Answer in degrees Celsius. Please select best match.
| 10 | 1.65% 33 |
| 11 | 1.40% 28 |
| 12 | 2.00% 40 |
| 13 | 2.80% 56 |
| 14 |
3.85% 77 |
| 15 | 5.60% 112 |
| 16 | 5.25% 105 |
| 17 | 5.90% 118 |
| 18 | 16.45% 329 |
| 19 | 11.45% 229 |
| 20 | 19.10% 382 |
| 21 | 9.95% 199 |
| 22 | 7.60% 152 |
| 23 |
3.80% 76 |
| 24 |
1.80% 36 |
| 25 |
0.70% 14 |
| 26+ | 0.70% 14 |
| Average | 18.53 |
18. If you woke up on a sunny day and decided to call in sick rather than go to work, what would you most like to do with the day?
| Go to the beach |
14.80% 296 |
| Go to the park | 9.90% 198 |
| Go for a long drive | 6.55% 131 |
| Hang around the house all day | 13.40% 268 |
| Go to the gym | 2.90% 58 |
| Do DIY | 1.15% 23 |
| Spend the day in the garden | 28.10% 562 |
| Nothing / N/A | 20.75% |
