Co-creating exceptional workplaces

Workplace Experience
Published on Mar. 31, 2025

The problem is clear, the traditional employer-dictated workplace model is failing to meet today's challenges, resulting in a global retention and engagement crisis costing US companies $900 billion in 2024 alone to replace employees who quit in 2023.

Our whitepaper ‘Co-creating exceptional workplaces: insights for future focused employers’ explores key misalignments between employer and employee needs and shows that service partners, like Sodexo, hold the key to balancing expectations and helping to create workplaces that drive productivity, engagement, and growth.

Key employee expectations

Flexibility and convenience

Work-life balance, hybrid working and on-demand services that mirror modern day living patterns.

Personalized wellbeing support

Physical and mental health services, air quality monitoring and customized development opportunities.

Meaningful connections and purpose

Social interaction with colleagues and alignment with personal values, especially around sustainability.

Co-creating exceptional workplaces: insights for future focused employers

Our whitepaper reveals employee and employer priorities around the globe and how, as your service partner, we can help to balance expectations and create workplaces which work for everyone. Discover what resonates with employees like yours around the globe as well as what matters most to Gen Z - the workforce of the future!

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85%
of companies co-creating workplace experiences with employees
63%
of employers view sustainability as a "must-have"
70%
of employers are enhancing workplace flexibility
85%
of companies co-creating workplace experiences with employees
63%
of employers view sustainability as a "must-have"
70%
of employers are enhancing workplace flexibility
85%
of companies co-creating workplace experiences with employees

Employer priorities

Organizations are investing in workplace transformation through three key approaches. Redesigning for rapid change, co-creating rather than just listening and embedding sustainability.

The solution: A dynamic workplace experience

Service partners like Sodexo hold the key to balancing expectations and helping to create workplaces that drive productivity, engagement, and growth with a dynamic workplace experience:

A dynamic workplace experience includes

Creating adaptive environments that maximize both social connection and productivity.
Enhancing well-being through food options, services, and optimized building management.
Using technology and data analytics to continuously improve both physical spaces and employee services.
Making sustainability accessible and engaging for all employees.

Organizations that implement this balanced approach can expect improved attraction and retention rates, stronger employee engagement, greater operational efficiency, and accelerated progress toward sustainability goals.

Collaborate with our workplace specialists
Catharine BarrasChief Operating Officer - Global Strategic Accounts

“Workplaces that prioritize food and hospitality aim to embed a people-first culture where employees feel welcomed, supported and valued. Well-designed food options are central to this approach, not simply as a perk but as a cornerstone of community building that draws people away from their desks and fosters a sense of belonging”

Key figures

of people say seeing their colleagues motivates them to come to the office more

42%

U.S. workers favor compressed schedules and four-day workweeks

89%

KPMG survey found that 64% of global CEOs think everyone will be back in the office by

2026

of HR leaders say employee exhaustion is the primary barrier to transformation

45%

of companies are now co-creating workplace experiences with their employees

85%

of employers intended to prioritize the employee experience between 2021 and 2024. Before the pandemic, it was 52%.

92%