The Statistics Norway (SN) office relocation survey was conducted from February
4th to 15th, 2013 and covered all administration department employees who
regularly work in Oslo. The survey aimed at investigating employees’ satisfaction
with the current physical environment of the office and their preferences to open
and cell offices. The total number of respondents was 62 of which 42 returned the
questionnaires. The survey shows that a majority of the administration staff were
satisfied with the current physical environment of the office and their preference is
towards cell office design. Key findings include:
Almost half of the respondents travel between 30 and 59 minutes to reach the
office from where they stay
65 percent of the respondents arrive at office before 08:30 am to have enough
concentration, to get off early from work and to avoid traffic during normal
hours
95 percent of the respondents agreed that they can communicate effectively in
the current offices
75 percent of the respondents do not consider their job to be rather unpleasant
More females believe that open offices encourages communication
27 percent of the respondents agreed that closed offices limit knowledge sharing
and 24 percent were not sure
87 percent of the respondents preferred cell office to other types of office design
61 percent of the respondents do not know the type of office they will occupy
after relocation
51 percent of the respondents were neutral on their satisfaction with the role of
the trade unions in the preparation of office relocation
39 percent of the respondents disagreed that they are looking forward to
working in the new offices
42 percent were not looking forward to working at the new location
58 percent of the respondents were aged 50 and above
More than 60 percent of the respondents have been working at SN for 10 or
more year
