THE COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the nation’s workforce, and one of the biggest changes is in the amount of people that are now working from home.
A new survey has found that the majority of working professionals who were forced to start working remotely due to the pandemic would like to continue to do so after it has subsided, while 29% of professionals said they would quit if their employer decided not to allow telecommuting.
The study by LiveCareer.com found that going forward 62% of professionals when looking for jobs in the future would look for companies that allow them to work remotely.
Almost a year since the nationwide health emergency started, working professionals have gotten used to not commuting, working in shorts and a T-shirt and meeting with their colleagues on Zoom.
SURPRISING SURVEY FINDINGS
- 81% of employees today enjoy working remotely.
- 65% state that remote work has positively affected their work-life balance.
- 60% of working professionals say they are more productive when working from home.
The study found that nearly 61% of workers who are now working remotely want their employer to let them continue. Despite that, 79% of working professionals said their company plans to return to on-site work eventually.
If they do have to return to work, how many days a week would professionals like to be office-based?
- Three days – 30%
- Two days – 25%
- One day – 19%
- Four days – 9%
What’s driving the numbers?
Many people who reluctantly started working from home have now come to embrace it.
WHY THEY LIKE REMOTE WORK
- Flexibility – 64%
- Improved work-life balance – 44%
- Feeling safer – 40%
- Being more productive – 29%
- Being able to acquire new career-related skills – 10%
Working professionals in the retail, wholesale and distribution sectors said an improved feeling of safety plays a more central role, arguably due to the nature of their day-to-day work, with as many as 59% saying they feel safer when working from home.
Looking forward
But, it light of the above results, employers may be wondering what it would take to get people to want to work in the office again. Here’s what the respondents said would make office work more enticing:
- Pay raise
- More paid time off
- Free food, snacks and coffee
- Reimbursed commute
- More flexible schedule
- Higher safety precautions for COVID-19
- Improved office space (e.g., a better chair, private office)
- More opportunities to socialize with colleagues
- Casual dress code.
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