Contents
Remote Work Statistics: What Employees Think About it
Remote Work Statistics: Impact Communication and Collaboration
Remote Work Statistics: Effects on Employee Productivity
Remote Work Statistics: What the Decision-Makers Have to say?
Remote Work Statistics: What's the Change in Hiring and Talent Acquisition
Remote Work Statistics: Consequences on the mental health of the employees
53 Remote Work Statistics for 2023
We're living in times of a pandemic, and remote work is no longer a new thing. It's too early to speculate how the future of working will look like, however, we can be certain that it will be a lot different from the pre-pandemic times.
To understand how remote working has impacted the workers' lives and business, here's a collection of some shocking(and not so shocking too) work from home statistics.
Remote Work Statistics: What Employees Think About it
- 77 percent of the workforce wants to continue working from home, at least once a week even after the pandemic is over
- 55% of the employees feel that they are expected to be online to show that they are working
- 43% of people find it difficult to participate in meetings while working remotely
- 36% of retirees say they would have continued working if they'd been allowed to work from home or part-time
- 75% of remote employees say working offsite has improved their work-life balance
- 71% of remote workers say they're happy in their current jobs versus 55% of on-site employees who agreed
Remote Work Statistics: Impact Communication and Collaboration
- 55% of respondents agree or strongly agree in feeling that they’re expected to be online to prove they’re working to their manager
- 43% have a harder time participating in meetings when everyone is remote
- For remote workers to be more productive, 40% reported needing more technology and tools, and 40% said support from managers and teams
- 94% of businesses in a recent survey said agility and collaboration are central to their growth, but only 14% say their collaboration processes are working well
- Video calls while working remotely increased by 16%
- 55% of employees believe that with the collaboration apps and tech they have in place, they are able to be successful working fully remote indefinitely
- Email continues to dominate — it was ranked as the primary mode of workplace communication among 92% of respondents
- 72% of companies rolled out at least one new collaboration app to support remote employees this year
- 33% of employees ages 65+ believe collaboration has become much less efficient since the shift to working from home
- 14% of all respondents and 22% of those age 65 and older admitted to taking work calls from unconventional locations including a bathroom, on a boat, in a store, and from a child’s sporting event.
Remote Work Statistics: Effects on Employee Productivity
- 95% of people say that their productivity has been higher or the same working from home
- 51% of people agree that they are more productive working from home
- 40% of people say they need more tools and resources to stay more productive while working remotely
- 70 percent of people report that the reduction of non-essential meetings has helped them improve their productivity
- 44% of people reported that working remotely they’ve had fewer distractions compared to the office
- Women living with family members are five times more likely than men to experience an increase in the burden of domestic chores while working from home
- 34% of employees say that they’re more productive now than they were before the pandemic
- Employees who work remotely at least one day a month are 24 percent more likely to be productive and happy
- 44% of remote workers reported a lack of the right infrastructure, platforms, and data that they need to be fully productive at work
- Almost 49% of employees are not aware of the expectations from them in regards to availability, work productivity standards, and working hours
Remote Work Statistics: What the Decision-Makers Have to say?
- Managers believe that 26.7% of the workforce will be fully remote through 2021 (UpWork)
- The number of remote workers in the next five years is expected to be nearly double what it was before COVID-19 (UpWork)
- 52% of employers believe that employee productivity has increased since implementing work from home (PWC.com)
- Companies that support a work-at-home policy could see a 10% increase in employee retention (Gartner)
- 47% of company leaders will allow employees to work from home full time after the pandemic (Gartner)
- 61% of business leaders have implemented more frequent manager-employee check-ins (Gartner)
- 29% of business leaders have not taken any measures to track productivity remotely
- 87% of remote managers believe that remote work really is the future
- 13% of business leaders voiced concerns over sustaining productivity(Gartner)
- 29% of employers report not taking any measures to track productivity remotely
Remote Work Statistics: What's the Change in Hiring and Talent Acquisition
- 65% of respondents reported wanting to be full-time remote employees post-pandemic (flex jobs)
- 27% of workers say that the ability to work from home is so important to them that they are willing to take a 10% to 20% pay cut to work remotely
- 31% of people want a hybrid remote work environment
- 81% of respondents in one study said they would be more loyal to their employer if they had flexible work options
- Remote employees are more likely to report being satisfied with their jobs than office-based workers (57% vs. 50%)
- Remote workers are 13% more likely to stay in their jobs than onsite workers
- 54% said they were apprehensive of asking for additional time off for fear of falling behind
Remote Work Statistics: Consequences on the mental health of the employees
- 80% of workers would consider quitting their current position for a job that focused more on employees’ mental health
- 4 out of 5 workers find it hard to “shut off” in the evenings
- 97% say that taking vacations while working from home are important for “recharging” - another way of saying “mental health”
- 45% say they feel less healthy mentally while working from home
- 25% agree, and 14% strongly agree that since COVID-19, their mental health has negatively affected work performance
- 6 in 10 of 2,000 Americans said they were "Zoomed out" and were spending an additional two hours and four minutes per day looking at a screen
- 68% of workers said Zoom fatigue has added to their current stressors
- A recent Gallup poll reported that mental health and emotional well-being have taken a nosedive, dropping to their lowest since 2001
- Weight gain has created mental stress and fatigue with 52% feeling down about the way they look
- Employees without access to flexible work are nearly two times more likely to have poor or very poor mental health
Remote working Tools
- Vmaker ~ Screen recorder and video communication tool
- Logit.io ~ Log management solution
Resources
- https://www.thestatesman.com/lifestyle/women-perceived-less-productive-wfh-report-1502956742.html
- https://buffer.com/2021-state-of-remote-work
- https://www.wrike.com/remote-work-guide/remote-work-statistics/
- https://remote-how.com/special/remote-managers-report-2020/results
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2021/12/28/4-post-pandemic-mental-health-trends-and-predictions-for-2021/?sh=62d1e8935de5
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/chriswestfall/2020/10/08/mental-health-leadership-survey-reveals-80-of-remote-workers-would-quit-their-jobs-for-this/?sh=222799b83a0f
- https://hbr.org/sponsored/2021/02/3-strategies-for-keeping-your-organization-connected
- https://www.unifysquare.com/products-and-services/enabling-remote-work/survey/
- https://www.hubspot.com/company-news/2020-remote-work-report
- https://www.wrike.com/remote-work-guide/remote-work-statistics/
- https://www.pwc.com/us/en/library/covid-19/us-remote-work-survey.html
- https://remote-how.com/special/remote-managers-report-2020/results
- https://www.upwork.com/press/releases/economist-report-future-workforce
- https://www.toptal.com/remote/remote-work-burnout-a-cautionary-tale
- https://review42.com/resources/remote-work-statistics/
- https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/remote-work-statistics/
- https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2020-07-14-gartner-survey-reveals-82-percent-of-company-leaders-plan-to-allow-employees-to-work-remotely-some-of-the-time
- https://www.vmaker.com/screen-recorder-resource-guide
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