#WFH went up last year, contrary to a lot of headlines about #RTO. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “~35% of all employed persons in the US spent the average working day doing at least some of their work from home.” That’s kudos reporting from Millie Giles and William Coulman at Sherwood News (who I found thanks to Rani Molla!) I would bet serious money Nick Bloom can digest the latest BLS survey twists and turns better than me, but it seems more like a point of stability. We know from Flex Index that fewer companies every quarter are full time office. We know from Kastle Systems that their occupancy measure hasn’t shifted on average. We also know most people don’t want fully #remote. But #hybrid is here to stay. If you haven’t made the modest investments needed to make it work, it’s time to get with the program. 🔗 Links to the Chartr reporting and to a great study from Naomi Titleman and team in comments. #FutureOfWork #remotework #hybridwork #workfromhome
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"We know most people don't want fully remote" <- I am curious on the statistics for this. I've found conflicting studies on it, or just completely misleading representation of survey results (largely conflating "currently doing" with "prefer to"). That being said, outside "collaboration" (which is a dubious excuse to cover for poor company culture and work tech) the large argument for not wanting work from home is because sometimes home isn't conducive, especially for workers relegated to large cities. In that case, the studies don't specifically ask if workers want to work from their employers' workspace versus co-working spaces (including traditional and non-traditional spaces like cafes). What data leads you to the conclusion that most people don't want to work fully remote? And what leads that to mean people want to work in employer-owned/managed workspaces versus other work options?
Have they reported this year yet? I think it will be a drop from 2023.
HYBRID WORK IS NOT REMOTE WORK 🙄🙄🙄
Quite the spike! We’re 4 years out from a major change to how work works, flexibility and distributed work aren’t going anywhere. Our task is making those experiences and the success of companies work together, not against each other.
"We also know most people don’t want fully remote" And where are you getting garbage ideas like that?
Thank you for sharing our report, Brian!
thanks for sharing Brian!!
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2wThe Chartr reporting: https://sherwood.news/business/working-from-home-isnt-going-away/