In 2021, ** percent of respondents currently working at least partially outside the office indicated that their company has a 100 percent remote policy. This is a slight increase from the previous year. Only ** percent of respondents stated that remote work in their company is allowed but not the norm, down from ** percent in 2020. Global shift to new work in 2020 In 2020, the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic led to a shift from work in the office to work from home, to keep the workforce and the community safe. While this created some struggles in the beginning, many organizations and employees have since adapted and are thriving. Many employees appreciate the benefits of working remotely. Accordingly, one in two individuals indicate that the ability to work remotely is an important decision factor for future employment. Companies experiment with hybrid work models As a result, many companies worldwide are updating their policies to accommodate this new way of working. These include a combination of both flexibility on work location and productive in-person and digital collaboration opportunities. For this reason, organizations are not only actively monitoring both employee well-being and productivity but are also evolving operations to support a hybrid workforce.

In 2021, approximately 37 percent of workers in Great Britain wished to work from home some of the time after the Coronavirus pandemic is over, with one in five wanted to work from home all the time. Despite this, 37 percent of British workers advised they never want to work from home, with seven percent not sure.

When asked about remote working in a 2021 survey, over 70 percent of employed people in Finland said that they would like to work from home in the future. Working remotely part of the week was the most popular option with 36 percent, while 15 percent preferred working fully from home after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. However, about one fifth of Finns did not want to work from home.

In 2021, ** percent of respondents working from home state that their intenert connection is slower than in the office. Overall, working from home has not brought many tech issues to employees. Notably, those issues frequently experienced by employees are connection based.

According to a study conducted among Canadian employees in 2021, very few employees wished to fully return to work from the office once the COVID-19 pandemic is over. In fact, only **** percent of Canadian employees declared to be willing to work all hours outside of the home. The largest group of workers (**** percent) preferred to work half of hours at home and half outside the home. On the other hand, some ** percent of remote workers wanted to work all hours at home after the coronavirus pandemic.

In 2021, ** percent of employees in Germany considered having more free time due to not having to commute to work an advantage of working from home. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had a large part of the population switch to working from home as per government regulations to control the spread of the virus.

According to a survey from 2021, ** percent of Swedish employees did not have the opportunity to work remotely. However, around ** percent of the respondents were only or partially working from home.

According to a survey conducted in South Korea in March 2021, about ** percent of respondents had not worked from home in the past year. While about ** percent of respondents said they had worked from home, around ** percent answered that they had done so for the first time after the COVID-19 outbreak.

According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2021, around ** percent of office workers stated they would like to work from home even when the pandemic is over. Most of the respondents reported that they were satisfied with working from home.

After over *** year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a lot of people working from home, nearly *** thirds of the respondents in Sweden want to continue to work from home *** to ***** days a week after the restrictions are lifted. In 2019, before the outbreak of COVID-19, nearly ** percent of Swedish employees sometimes worked from home.

According to a survey conducted in South Korea in April 2021, around **** percent of employees in large companies worked from home during the past year. The proportion of employees in small and medium-sized companies working from home was comparatively lower.

The COVID-19 pandemic changed many aspects of daily life, including work practices. A survey conducted among Spanish employees who telecommute in 2021 showed that **** percent of respondents wished to work remotely every day even when the pandemic is over. This share is similar to the ** percent respondents that stated they prefer to work home office every day during this pandemic.

According to a survey conducted in South Korea in September 2021, around ** percent of respondents reported that their employees work from home. The number of employees making use of flexible work arrangements such as flexitime or working from home has risen sharply since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to a study conducted among Canadian employees in 2021, very few employees reported to be less productive at home than outside, e.g. in the office. Overall, only *** percent of new remote workers accomplished less work per hour. Productivity increased the most among employees aged 51 to 64 years. In this age group, **** percent of new remote workers accomplished more work per hour at home than in the office.

The most important benefit of working remotely in the U.S. post-COVID-19 in 2021 was that people could be with their family. At the same time, for 79 percent of respondents, being allowed to work from home meant that their employer cared more about them.

The restrictions imposed by the Italian government to contain the COVID-19 pandemic between 2020 and 2021 changed considerably the habits of Italian citizens. In particular, many workplaces were shut down to minimize social contact. As of April 2021, roughly *** millions of Italians were working from home, corresponding to about **** percent of the workers in the country. According to data, the number of employees working form home was much higher than the number of self-employed people practicing remote working.

Nearly one third of the members of the Foreign Investors Council expected at least 50 percent of their employees to continue working from home as of September 2021. However, 20 percent of respondents believed that only up to ten percent of their employees would work remotely this year.

In 2020, more than three times more women than men in Poland quit their jobs to care for their homes and children during the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, when working remotely, ** percent of women chose to work from home because of the need to care for a child compared to **** percent of men.

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Almost 50 percent of all academic employees working from home state that their job satisfaction will remain unchanged despite having to continue home office throughout 2021. However, the proportion of academics was smaller in the second survey period, indicating that academics are growing less content with having to work from home. At the same time, 25 percent of the respondents believed that they would be less satisfied with their jobs in 2021, which was an increase of seven percentage points compared to September 2020. In total, 56 percent of academics always or almost always worked from home in 2021.

The COVID-19 pandemic, which first hit Italy in late February 2020, had a massive impact on life in the country. According to a recent survey, around *** million people in Italy were working from home as of April 2021, corresponding to **** percent of the total working population in Italy. When taking into account only the business services industry, however, this figure jumped to **** percent. On the other hand, only **** percent of people employed in the trade industry were working from home.