Many Employees Would Prefer to Telework ‘Permanently,’ Says SA
Post-COVID-19 telework will spur a 22% decline in “office-based working environments,” reported Strategy Analytics Wednesday. It predicts people working from home long term could increase by up to 300% from pre-pandemic levels. That shift “would have major implications for transport…
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and other sectors, with billions of commuting journeys eliminated every year,” said SA. It canvassed 9,000 people online in the U.S., Germany and U.K., March-May, and classified employees into: (1) “City escapees” are 24% of employees and want to work from home forever; (2) “Family jugglers” are 30%, “less keen” on telework; (3) “Struggling commuters,” 37%, in lower-income brackets and unlikely to work from home; (4) “Teleworking lifers,” 9%. “Many employers are reviewing their WFH policies but the research makes it clear that a significant proportion of employees, particularly those previously based in offices, would be happy to continue working from home permanently,” said SA.