Skip the fancy perks – better staff wellbeing could be as simple as the view from the office window
- Written by Emmy van Esch, Lecturer in Management and International Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Four years after the pandemic forced workers home, companies in New Zealand and elsewhere are summoning staff back to the office.
But office workers are not necessarily thrilled about the prospect. Recent research found returning to the office can negatively affect staff wellbeing. In particular, it can make many employees...