Despite the speed of the transition to remote work, 82 percent of respondents would describe their company’s transition to remote work as smooth (see chart #7). Many kitchens were transformed and anything left at the office might remain there a little while. We heard and read stories about all of the people quickly creating space for work in their homes. The transition to remote work was sudden for many. Only 16 percent of respondents were certain that their company would not permanently allow remote work, while another 38 percent were still uncertain (see chart #6). Many larger tech companies made headlines in 2020 for making the move to remote work a permanent one - including Twitter and Shopify - and as we can see from these numbers, they were not alone. There’s no doubt that COVID-19 impacted the world of remote work, so we dug into the numbers to understand the experience of folks who worked remotely due to the pandemic.įorty-five percent of the respondents worked remotely as a result of COVID-19 (see chart #5) and 46 percent of that group said that their company was planning on permanently allowing remote work (see chart #6). It becomes especially difficult to unplug at the end of the work day during a year where it wasn’t as possible to go see friends after work. Despite being a popular option in past years (80 percent of remote workers in the 2020 State of Remote Work selected home as their primary work location), working from home is known to be difficult for many people. This increased challenge with unplugging is likely directly correlated to the number of remote workers who have been working from home instead of at the office. This year, 27 percent of remote workers selected not being able to unplug as their biggest struggle with remote work (see chart #4), followed by difficulties with collaboration (16 percent), and loneliness (16 percent).
In past years, collaboration and communication difficulties, as well as loneliness, were top of the list. On the other hand, the biggest struggle to remote work changed quite drastically.
Thirty-two percent selected the ability to have a flexible schedule as their top benefit, followed by 25 percent who selected the flexibility to work from any location (see chart #3). The biggest benefit that remote workers see to working remotely remains - unquestionably - the flexibility that it offers. Overwhelmingly, remote workers would like to work remotely at least some of the time for the rest of their careers (see chart #1) and, just as we’ve seen in the past few years, 97 percent of remote workers would recommend remote work to others (see chart #2). Forty-five percent of respondents to this year’s State of Remote Work survey are working remotely due to COVID-19 (see chart #5).ĭespite nearly half of the respondents being pushed to work from home in 2020, the responses to our first two questions stayed nearly the same as in previous years when that wasn’t the case. This year, we not only surveyed people who were remote by choice, but also people who started working remotely suddenly and during a pandemic. The world of remote work is growing more than ever before. Thank you to the teams at Doist, Remotive, and We Work Remotely who partnered with us to help source responses from over 2,300 remote workers for this report.
Work remotely how to#
At the end of this report, we have more information about the respondents and data, as well as how to get in touch if you have questions. This report starts with an overview of a few key statistics and then moves into deeper insights from the data. We also found out how many of our respondents worked remotely as a result of COVID-19, and how their experiences differ from folks who worked remotely prior to 2020. We still looked into the benefits and struggles of remote work, and whether or not people wanted to keep working remotely (even if they were pushed into it rather suddenly). To start, our survey asked very different questions. While working from home doesn’t offer the same benefits of truly remote work, it is still a remote experience.Īs a result of this shift, the 2021 State of Remote Work looks very different this year.
This past year, everything changed in the world of remote work.Remote work went from a niche decision some companies made to an inevitable and massive shift in the way that people work around the world.
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