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.

In 2021, a ** percent ratio of staff is expected to be sent back to the office between 2021 and 2022. This is an increase from an earlier survey, where approximately 37 percent of respondents were confident about returning to an in-office environment. This development speaks to the positive aspects associated with in-person collaboration in the workplace.

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 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.

In 2021, 43 percent of IT decision makers working for medium-sized organizations state that training sessions for employees are a useful remote work strategy. Overall, hardware and software bundles, as well as ROI reports, are considered useful strategy solutions.

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 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.

According to a survey conducted among Spanish employees who telecommute in 2021, nearly two thirds (** percent) of respondents stated they preferred to work remotely every day during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, only a small percentage of remote workers (*** percent) wanted to work less than *** day at home during the coronavirus pandemic. Among the positive outcomes of working from home perceived by Spaniards are avoid commuting and working time management, reasons that encourage them to seek telecommuting.

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.

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.

In a global survey conducted with CIOs, respondents stated that fully remote work will likely transition to hybrid work in the future. About 15 to 16 percent stated their companies’ workforce worked remotely prior to the pandemic, and as of late 2021, 30 percent of respondents expected the workforce to be working remotely permanently. By 2022, 36 percent of respondents expected to be working in a hybrid model permanently.

Since the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, office jobs have adjusted to more flexible working models. Working from home has turned into the norm for many, but office spaces remain popular. According to a survey among 1,000 office employees conducted in the United States in 2021, more than one third of respondents said that they would like to spend **** days in an office, while ** percent preferred going to the office *** to **** days a week. The same survey found that the vast majority of C-suite level employees are in favor of a hybrid work model.

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.

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.

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.

In 2021, ** percent of remotely working employees globally stated accessing customer data. Other common types of data accessed while working remotely included operational data, financial records, and data pertaining to human resources. This created IT security issues, as distributed workers were not protected by the corporate firewall.

In 2022, around ** percent of respondents stated that their biggest struggle when working remotely was staying at home too often because there they don't have reason to leave. Moreover many people who work from home do not necessarily have a designated workspace, they experience a conflation between their living area and workplace. Most notably, around ** percent of respondents reported loneliness as their biggest struggle with working remotely. As a result, remotely working employees emphasize the importance of finding strategies to balance their private lives with their professional routines. On the other hand, employees also state having less difficulties with collaboration and communication in 2021. This is likely due to the quick cultivation of skills during the 2020 pandemic that allow them to effectively communicate and collaborate with others when working from different locations. Challenges inherent in new work set-ups As employees work from different locations, companies are confronted with the urgency to ease some of the challenges inherent in novel hybrid work solutions. Strategies developed to support remote work include training for employees or expanding information technology infrastructure to ensure that employees can collaborate efficiently from different locations. The future of work Certainly, it is important to take the challenges experienced by employees seriously as the current telework trend is likely to continue and become a common way of working in the future. Addressing challenges head-on in the present will ensure better working conditions in the future.

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.

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.