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Many new dog owners in UK hope to bring pet into work as lockdown eases
Some employers are welcoming dogs who don’t like being ‘home alone’ – and find they’re spreading smiles
As lockdown restrictions finally began to ease last month, Kerrie Daly’s startup gained two new team members, Frankie, a lurcher, and Rufus, a Labrador puppy. “They give everyone a lot of light relief,” Daly says. “Rufus ate the founder’s shoes the other day, which was hilarious.”
When two colleagues said they wanted to get dogs as they were working from home more, the business made a collective decision about flexible working and accommodating the new pets when the time came for at least a partial return to their small office in Hoxton, east London.
Read the original article at The Guardian