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Average office worker will sit at their desk for 53,000 hours by retirement
The typical office worker will sit at their desk for over 1,300 hours this year , 10,000 hours just eight years into their career and 53,000 hours by the time they retire .
Searches for ‘ hip pain ’ and ‘ chair pain ’ are on the up , while searches for ‘ back ache ’ remain high , all symptoms associated with chronic inactivity .
Data , gathered by Banner , shows that despite growing concern for the health and wellbeing of employees , desk-based employees are estimated to spend 70 % of their working day sitting down .
Jason Thomas , Strategic Sales Manager at Banner , said : “ As it ’ s often cited that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert within a given field , most of us will be a pro at sitting five times over by the time we retire . With numerous health issues associated with long-term sitting , this is a growing concern for employers across the UK .”
Promisingly , searches for solutions , such as ‘ standing desk ’ and ‘ ergonomic chair ’ have also risen since COVID-19 , which suggests workers are beginning to address the health implications a sedentary work schedule can cause .
Thomas continued : “ To encourage a healthier workplace , employers should make sure office and home work stations are set up with health and wellbeing in mind . It ’ s great to see standing desks and under-desk treadmills being more widely adopted in recent years , but there ’ s more that can be done . Cultural changes , such as walking competitions , no-chair meeting rooms , discounted gym memberships and lunch time yoga classes , can all help encourage employees to become more active while at work .”
Snowflake opens new UK office amid strong momentum across EMEA
Snowflake , a data cloud company , has opened a new UK office and Customer Experience Centre ( CEC ) in London , providing the ultimate workplace experience to employees and an area for collaboration with prospective clients . This coincides with the company ’ s impressive growth following a successful fiscal 2023 , which saw the company continue to shift the EMEA sales team to a vertical-focused model , drive wider customer adoption and consumption in the region , deliver developments and innovations related to data and application collaboration and increase availability of its developer offerings with the GA of Snowpark .
“ In FY23 , we were laser-focused on shifting and cementing our position as a fully-fledged vertical company . This enables us to have deeper conversations with customers where each function from sales to marketing is driving the value of our tailored industry data cloud offerings to meet the opportunities and requirements associated with industries from financial services to retail ,” said Alison Tierney , SVP EMEA , Snowflake .
“ In the year ahead , we will focus on a few core areas for our EMEA customers , such as Snowpark , Customer 360 and ESG . These will empower our customers to develop new applications , help them understand the end-to-end journey of their own customers and harness data to drive sustainability .”
In FY23 , Snowflake ’ s product revenue in EMEA grew 72 % YoY . The company also expanded its team in EMEA by 68 %, reaching 1,289 in total as of January 31 , 2023 . In the UK specifically , Snowflake announced its availability on Microsoft Azure , a key milestone driven by high customer demand for local data residency both in the private and public sector .
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