San Jose: Working in a mobile environment has become much more prevalent in the past few years As technology allows people to work form anywhere anytime, employees globally feels that an office is not necessary. Three of five employees globally believe that they do not need to be in the office to be productive, reveals an international workplace study. Accoring to the study launched by Cisco and conducted by InsightExpress, a third party market research firm based in U.S., employees longing to be mobile and flexible in accessing corporate information. They even prefer jobs that were lower-paying but had leniency in accessing information outside of the office over higher salaried jobs that lacked flexibility. The study, which surveyed 2,600 workers and IT professionals in 13 countries, including India, said the sentiment was particularly strong in Asia and Latin America. Employees globally also feel that having the flexibility to work anywhere would dictate their company loyalty (13 percent), choice of jobs (12 percent), and morale (9 percent). The study revealed that three of every five employees (60 percent) believed it was unnecessary to be in the office to be productive. This was especially the case in Asia and Latin America. More than nine of 10 employees in India (93 percent) said they did not need to be in the office to be productive. This sentiment was extremely prevalent in China (81 percent) and Brazil (76 percent) as well. Two of every three employees surveyed (66 percent) expect IT to allow them to use any device - personal or company-issued - to access corporate networks, applications, and information anywhere at any time, and they expect the types of devices to continue diversifying. In the future, employees expect their choice of network-connected endpoints to broaden to non-traditional work devices like televisions and navigation screens in cars. For employees who can access corporate networks, applications, and information outside of the office, about half of the respondents (45 percent) admitted working between two to three extra hours a day, and a quarter were putting in four hours or more. However, extra hours do not translate to always-on, on-demand employees. They simply want the flexibility to manage their work-life balance throughout their waking hours. Employees also feel strongly about having the flexibility to work anywhere that it would dictate their company loyalty (13 percent), choice of jobs (12 percent), and morale (9 percent). For example, two of three employees worldwide (66 percent) said they would take a job with less pay and more flexibility in device usage, access to social media, and mobility than a higher-paying job without such flexibility. This percentage was higher in some countries, such as Spain (78 percent), despite economic woes the past couple years. "The Cisco Connected World Report gives further insight into the future of the workplace and it is clear from the research findings that the desire among employees to be more mobile and flexible in their work lifestyles is extremely strong throughout the world - as strong as salary," said Marie Hattar, Vice President of borderless networks for Cisco.