This benchmark study, conducted in June 2025 among 8,709 employees across 31 markets worldwide, including 110 in Belgium, perfectly illustrates JLL's philosophy: "Worldwide insight to local precision." This approach enables Belgian specificities to be contextualized within a globalized world where work and our relationship to it have undergone profound transformations accelerated by the pandemic. This study therefore provides local employers with a nuanced understanding of both global and local challenges.

"JLL's 2025 Employee Preferences Barometer provides Belgian employers with essential insights to adapt their HR and real estate strategies to the new realities of the labor market," notes Jan-Maarten Van Damme, Lead Consultant Belgium Work Dynamics at JLL. "This data enriches our strategic consulting approach, enabling companies to transform their workspaces into genuine performance drivers."

Belgian employees maintain high standards for their work environment: 59% believe their office experience could be significantly improved, with priority demands focusing notably on workspaces offering outdoor access (41%), acoustic comfort (37%), 'green' elements including proximity to plants (37%), modern design (34%), and thermal comfort (28%).

"Every trip to the office must now be justified by an experience that exceeds what the employee can accomplish from home. Workspaces must offer concrete added value to merit the commute," specifies Jan-Maarten Van Damme. "These high expectations underscore the crucial importance of a thoughtful workplace strategy to create truly attractive work environments."

"For our future headquarters at Tour & Taxis, we collaborated with JLL's Work Dynamics team to jointly design user journeys through immersive workshops bringing together diverse user profiles. These sessions help us better understand how our colleagues work today and envision how they want to work tomorrow. By integrating their ideas into design, facilities, technology, culture, and workplace experience, we are shaping a human-centered workspace that will inspire the Proximus group and its partners to connect, collaborate, and innovate in the new headquarters," shares Margaret Denis, Director Workspace Transformation at Proximus Group.