Survey Finds 44% Still Prefer Remote Work, vs. 68% in 2021
Employees are losing their appetite for remote work for fear they will be first in line for layoffs and pay cuts, reported GoodHire, a provider of employment background screening services. The company canvassed 3,500 adult Americans Aug. 25-27, finding 44%…
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who still prefer remote work, compared with 68% who were willing to shun the physical office in a similar survey a year ago, said the company Tuesday. Despite the 24-point decline in work-from-home preferences, the survey found 89% of respondents still thought most of their colleagues wantd to remain in a WFH situation, it said: “That percentage was virtually unchanged from 2021.” Asked if their organizations were to mandate a return to the physical office, a third of respondents said “they would either quit or start applying for a new job immediately if remote options were not available,” said GoodHire. That proportion was down 12 points from the 2021 survey, it said.