Benefits of Work From Home Survey- 2020
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When COVID-19 forced companies all over the world to send their employees home to work virtually, remote work had a big moment.
Yes, the rush to give employees access to all the tools they’d need to work from home was a bit, well, sudden for many employers. But after everyone settled in, what quickly became apparent to many office-based teams is that employees could be productive and focused when not in the office — in many cases, even more so. Employers everywhere began to understand that remote work really works.
Whether you’re on the hunt for a remote job or are already working virtually, check out this list of the advantages of working from home, along with some of the top companies that hire for remote jobs.
The above visualization in based upon a survey from 2020 where people where asked why they loved to work from home.
Flexible Work Hours
Definitely the most voted one.First of all, flexible working hours don’t mean when a manager is a little lenient and allows the team to leave a little early. A flexible work schedule doesn’t mean slacking off or not meeting deadlines. Instead, it allows an employee to decide their own work hours, working environment, and location to deliver their best results. A Stanford survey found that the employees flexibly working from home raised their productivity levels by almost 13%.
Work from any location
Many companies have embraced a work-from-home model, but most aren’t prepared for what comes next. Here’s what to expect and how to get ready.When the COVID-19 pandemic forced a rush to remote work in early 2020, it merely accelerated an existing trend.
The rise in remote work didn’t exist in a vacuum. It was part of a larger trend toward the rise of flexible work, where many computer-using professionals found themselves working at times off-site and after-hours.
The importance of flex work became well established in the past five years. LinkedIn’s Global Talent Trends 2019 report found a 78% increase in LinkedIn job posts referencing flexible work between 2016 and 2018. Remote work itself in the US rose by 173% between 2005 and 2018, according to March 2020 data from Global Workplace Analytics. Flex work and remote work are part of the same phenomenon.
But when the pandemic hit, what had been a slow trend became an overnight one. And large-scale remote work appears to be here to stay.
No having commute
In my survey, a huge 79% of respondents named the lack of commute as one of the best things about WFH, making it the most popular response by far.There’s a direct correlation between employees’ commute time and their enjoyment of working from home. Employees really appreciate the gains in time, money, and flexibility that come with not commuting
Spending time with friends and family
Quality time spent together is the building block of all relationships, so a good work-life balance gives you the time and energy to develop better relationships with your children and your partner, if you have one. Work from home really adds much time for you to spend with your loved ones and that’s something people really seem to enjoy!!
To conclude I’d like to quote a sentence by Jason Fried
“If working remotely is such a great idea, why isn’t everyone doing it? I think it’s because we’ve been bred on the idea that work happens from 9 to 5, in offices and cubicles. It’s no wonder that most who are employed inside that model haven’t considered other options or resist the idea that it could be any different. But it can.”
