Nearly a third of office workers surveyed admitted to spending over £10 (NZ$30) a week on coffee.
Nearly a third of office workers surveyed admitted to spending over £10 (NZ$30) a week on coffee.
LONDON - An iPod and two mobile phones are the latest must-have accessories along with Sushi for the status-conscious British office worker, according to a survey released today.
The poll, conducted for recruitment firm Office Angels, found 67 per cent of 1500 respondents considered so-called "micro-gadgets" like Blackberrys, laptop memorysticks and small mobile phones to be the ultimate status symbols.
Office Angels branded the people in the survey as GOSSIPS (Gadget Obsessed Status Symbol Infatuated Professionals), a morphed version of the archetypal 1980s Yuppie - Young Urban Professional.
Almost half (45 per cent) of those questioned thought any ambitious worker should own at least two mobile phones - one for work calls and the other for social chit chat.
The survey also found food such as sushi, organic salads and sashimi - thinly sliced raw seafood - were rated highly by office workers compared with traditional sandwiches or burgers with chips.
Nearly a third of office workers also admitted to spending over £10 (NZ$30) a week on coffee, even if they could get the beverage for free at work.
