02/17/2022

Employee Preference for Remote Work is Growing

When COVID ends, 60 percent of employees want to continue with remote work

Employers, take note: If your staff has been working from home most or all of the time during the past two years, chances are a majority may want to continue doing so after the threat of COVID-19 fades.

Among Americans with jobs that can be done remotely, 59 percent say they still are working from home much or all of the time, according to a new survey released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center. That's less than the 71 percent who reported working remotely in October 2020, but is well above the 23 percent who did frequently before the pandemic.

And among those who have a workplace outside of their homes, the majority (61 percent) said they are choosing to work from home, while the remainder said they're remote because their workplace is closed or unavailable to them.

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