6 in 10 Prefer Remote Work at Least Half the Time, Lenovo Survey Finds
Employees’ sentiments are high for working from home after the pandemic, and management appears to support them, a Lenovo survey found. The PC vendor canvassed 8,500 respondents in the U.S., U.K. and 12 other countries Jan. 15 to Feb. 11,…
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finding that 70% reported higher job satisfaction at home, with 56% feeling more productive than at the office. More than eight in 10 management respondents expect post-COVID-19 work to be remote “at least half the time,” it said. About 60% of employees canvassed would prefer working remotely at least half the time, and more than a third want to do so “most or all of the time,” said Lenovo. “This sentiment increases among workers in larger companies,” with about two-thirds of them preferring to work remotely at least half the time, it said. Work-from-home challenges abound, said Lenovo, with slow or unreliable internet “chief among them.” About half the employees in medium-sized businesses and 40% in small or very small businesses “report delays or challenges in getting any kind of IT support when needed,” it said.