In the largest work-from-home shift ever, the COVID-19 epidemic compelled enterprises all over the world to quickly adjust to a new distant reality in some cases for the first time. Officially, we are moving quickly toward the future of work.
Zoom meetings replaced traditional meetings, and there were 50% more video calls than there were before to COVID-19. People have come to expect remote employment, in addition to accepting it. One in two American workers said they would never return to a job where they are not given the opportunity to work remotely after six months of working from home full-time.
We collaborated with the top remote analytics company, Global Workplace Analytics, for Owl Labs’ fourth annual State of Remote Work research to find out more about the situation of remote work in 2020 and what’s coming. In order to give you a thorough benchmark report on remote work during COVID-19, we set out to gather data on remote work and current work-from-home trends.
Executive Synopsis
According to this report, about 70% of American full-time employees are working from home during COVID-19. People who work remotely must strike a harder balance between their personal and professional lives, embrace new technologies like video conferences, and remain productive in their home offices or closets, for 15% of survey participants.) Both unanticipated advantages and difficulties have arisen during COVID-19. While people are saving approximately $500 per month on extra expenses, one in five report working longer hours per week during the pandemic.
COVID-19 Remote Work Statistics and Trends
- During COVID-19, about 70% of full-time employees in the US work from home.
- After COVID-19, one in two people said they won’t go back to work at employment without remote options.
- After COVID-19, 77% of respondents say they would be happy if they could work from home (WFH).
- 75% of those who work from home during COVID-19 are just as productive as they were or even more so.
- 50% more people use video meetings in 2020 than they did before COVID-19.
- If they could WFH all or most of the time, one in two people would move.
- Working from home reduces daily commuting time by forty minutes.
- 80% anticipate working from home at least three times a week in 2020 following COVID-19.
- Out of five, one said they worked longer during COVID-19.
- Just 20–25% of businesses cover or contribute to the cost of chairs, desks, cable, and other home office supplies.
- Eighty percent of respondents think there should be one day a week with no meetings at all.
- After COVID-19, 81% of respondents believe their employer will support remote work.
- A quarter of full-time workers are prepared to forgo over 10% in compensation in order to work remotely at least occasionally.
- For a video meeting, 44% of respondents said it was not necessary to get dressed up (think: hair, makeup, and clothes).
- On average, consumers are saving $479.20 a month during COVID-19.
The New Standard is Remote Work
The time has come if you were wondering if your business should support hybrid teams and permit remote work. Most sectors adopted a work-from-home or work-from-anywhere strategy during COVID-19, monitoring them remote using Controlio and it stuck; individuals who worked from home during the epidemic want to continue doing so 123% more after COVID-19. The reasons for working remotely have shifted slightly from 2019, with the fear of falling ill rising to the top and avoiding the commute continuing to be a yearly trend.
In 2019, it was discovered that over half of on-site employees desired to begin working remotely, and 42% of remote workers intended to work remotely more frequently than they do now. Currently, about 70% of workers work from home, and those who have made the transition are unwilling to go back to the office. These trends in remote work are here to stay, and it is up to individual teams and companies to stay abreast of the demands and expectations of their workforce.
Final Remarks
The future of work is here, whether you were prepared for it or not. Additionally, there’s the movement we like to refer to as Work From Anywhere. COVID-19 and its ramifications will alter our lives forever, and as our annual report explains, the moment has come to welcome remote work and hybrid teams.
