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The new perk tempting employees back to the office

Corporate giants – Salesforce, Uber and Google – are opening their lift doors to dogs. But beware the “office zoomies”.

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Manchester | What’s that, Lassie? The 10am meeting is running late? Pre-pandemic, while service dogs were always permitted, most corporate offices would no more welcome pet dogs than they would allow giraffes to wander through the reception.

The idea of unruly pups barking through crucial calls was impossible – until we experienced the joys of working from home. During COVID-19, dog ownership increased by 44 per cent in Britain. Cue a dramatic change in attitude – because when we returned to the office, in many cases, the pups came too.

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