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UPDATE: Our new 2022 remote work report is now available. Click to read “The State Of Remote Work In 2022: A Survey Of The American Workforce.”
\n\n\n\n\nAt GoodHire, we surveyed 3,500 American workers to better understand the current state of remote work in 2021, and more specifically, the American workforce’s true feelings about remote work and potential return-to-office mandates across the country.
\n\n\n\nAlong the way, we uncovered what it would take to entice a remote employee to return to the office (hint: it’s a lot).
\n\n\n\nOn top of that, we learned what employees would forgo to remain in remote working situations — from salary to benefits and more.
\n\n\n\nAnd from the job seeker’s perspective, we zeroed in on the application process in relation to remote vs. in-office job opportunities.
\n\n\n\nAdditionally, survey respondents provided insight into what they think companies need to consider when establishing return-to-office policies.
\n\n\n\nLet’s get right into a data recap.
\n\n\n\nNow, let’s get into the full breakdown of our survey and the information gathered.
\n\n\n\nSince March 2020, COVID-19 has been a burden on nearly everyone in the world. More than four million people have died, millions of others have been sick, lost jobs, and struggled financially because of the global pandemic that has impacted the economy, businesses of all sizes, and perhaps even more so, the employees that power those businesses.
\n\n\n\nAmericans across the nation were forced to flee from lavish company offices filled with snacks, nap pods, free lunches, massages, happy hours, and onsite health services. Instead of spending Monday through Friday at the office, workers that had never spent a day in their life working remotely — 75% of the American workforce had never worked from home before the pandemic — were forced to make new arrangements to work at home indefinitely.
\n\n\n\nFast forward to August 2021. The pandemic, until recent developments with the Delta variant (more on that later), seemed to have slowed with successful vaccine rollouts across the US and at that point, offices started to reopen. But is this what workers actually want? The answer might surprise you.
\n\n\n\nOur survey revealed that although offices began to open and workers were encouraged to return, just 32% of American workers actually prefer working from the office, while the majority (68%) would much rather work remotely.
\n\n\n\nAdditionally, our survey uncovered the fact that some people really, really dislike the office. Forty-five percent of workers surveyed by GoodHire have such an aversion to being at their office that they would either quit their job or start a remote job search immediately upon being required to return to full-time office work.
\n\n\n\nEven more telling, one-quarter of the workers surveyed said they would definitely quit their job before even considering a return to the office.
\n\n\n\nOur research shows clearly that perhaps the office isn’t the preferred place for employees anymore. With workers getting a true taste of the flexibility that comes with remote work, the floodgates have opened. The free snacks and lunches, happy hours, and other perks of the office no longer outweigh the autonomy that remote work allows.
\n\n\n\nTo that tune, a whopping 85% of respondents said they believe their colleagues, and employees in the US in general, also prefer remote work.
\n\n\n\nThe people have now spoken. We know that remote work is highly preferred. But when it comes down to employees being forced back to their office full-time, would they actually do anything about it? Well, we asked.
\n\n\n\nIt turns out that 74% of respondents would need some sort of remote working arrangement to stay at their current job, while only 26% said they don’t care about working remotely at all.
\n\n\n\nWhen asked to rank the number of days per week they’d accept as a proper remote working arrangement, respondents strongly favored three to five days a week, while anything less than that was deemed not acceptable.
\n\n\n\nRemote work is definitely preferred — and it’s not even close.
\n\n\n\nBut would Americans sacrifice any of their pay to maintain remote working status? Let’s find out.
\n\n\n\nYes, you read that correctly.
\n\n\n\nWhen asked if they would take a pay cut just to maintain remote working status, 61% of respondents said, yes, they would take a pay cut to work remotely full-time.
\n\n\n\nBut after hearing that, we dug deeper. We asked if employees would take a significant pay cut to ensure that they could continue to work remotely, and we asked how much that might be.
\n\n\n\nTo our surprise, some respondents suggested they would take up to a 50% pay cut to avoid going back to the office five days per week!
\n\n\n\nHowever, most of the 61% who said they would take a pay cut didn’t mean a massive 50% cut, the most common answer was a 10% drop in pay to maintain remote working status. We know 10% isn’t anywhere near half your salary, but it sure feels like a large amount of money to give up just to avoid your company’s office.
\n\n\n\nAnd so the question begged to be asked; if American workers are willing to sacrifice hard-earned money, what else would they give up?
\n\n\n\nBenefits in the workplace can be confusing to many. Forbes estimates that under half of all employees actually understand their benefits.
\n\n\n\nOn the other hand, we know a few things that are easily understood — benefits are extremely valuable to employees, can help them save money on healthcare, dental, vision, gym memberships, and even provide them with paid time off. Traditionally, benefits have been a huge plus in the recruiting and hiring process.
\n\n\n\nBut have things changed since the COVID-19 remote work boom?
\n\n\n\nTo find out, we asked Americans if they’d forfeit benefits — and which ones — to maintain remote working status. It turns out that a wide majority, 70% of people surveyed, would be more than willing to sacrifice benefits to avoid the dreaded return-to-office.
\n\n\n\nBenefits that employees would be willing to give up included: health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, gym memberships, retirement accounts (401K), and paid time off.
\n\n\n\nThink back to the pre-COVID work culture — would anyone even consider giving up their benefits, paid time off, or even a portion of their salary to simply work from home a few days per week? Unlikely.
\n\n\n\nBut it’s 2021, people have gotten a taste of the freedom and flexibility of remote work, and they desperately want that situation to continue.
\n\n\n\nIt’s extremely clear that people prefer remote work — they would literally pay the price to maintain remote working status. But does the same go for job seekers and applicants? How do they feel about remote working options?
\n\n\n\nLet’s dig deeper.
\n\n\n\nOur data shows that the majority of Americans prefer to work from home in their current job. But what happens when people are actually out there seeking new job opportunities?
\n\n\n\nResearch has shown that only about 3% of applicants even get to the formal interview process. So, does understanding how hard it is to find a new job change the narrative when it comes to remote vs. in-office work?
\n\n\n\nThe answer is, well, no — not at all.
\n\n\n\nAccording to our survey, an astounding 85% of Americans said they prefer to apply for jobs that definitively offer remote working or hybrid options vs. jobs that require full-time, in-office work.
\n\n\n\nAdditionally, nearly 30% of respondents said they would absolutely not consider applying for a job that requires them to be in-office five days per week.
\n\n\n\nWe now know that by not offering remote working opportunities, companies are clearly eliminating nearly one-third of the available applicant pool. Astonishing, yes. But keep that in mind as we drill down later into the views of employers.
\n\n\n\nWhat about location? If most people are leaning heavily toward applying for remote-first positions across the country, does the city you live in even matter anymore?
\n\n\n\nAccording to the Society for Human Resource Management, in the past, up to 45% of people moved because of occupational reasons.
\n\n\n\nPre-COVID-19, “occupational reasons” meant moving for a job in order to work in your company’s new office, cover a sales territory, or something similar.
\n\n\n\nToday, our research shows that nearly 60% of respondents would uproot life in their current city and move somewhere else just to avoid going to the office full-time. The times have officially changed!
\n\n\n\nWhen asked where they would prefer to move, individuals cited the following cities as some of their most desired destinations:
\n\n\n\nClearly, COVID-19 has permanently changed our working world. Again, most significantly, Americans have shown their eagerness to work outside of the office.
\n\n\n\nSo what does this mean for the employer’s side? Let’s take a look.
\n\n\n\nLogic would tell us that if the workforce is demanding remote working options, employers should offer them that luxury, right?
\n\n\n\nWe know that in typical employer-employee relationships, this might not be the case. Employers maintain control, since they pay the bills and ultimately sign the paychecks. Without the employer, many workers are simply without jobs.
\n\n\n\nSo what happens if the employer isn’t in favor of remote work when it becomes safe to return to the office?
\n\n\n\nWell, according to a RingCentral study on remote work, the majority of employers prefer in-office work, specifically so they can manage company culture and oversee productivity while ensuring continued high-level performance.
\n\n\n\nBut let’s set the record straight — most employees certainly hope their bosses adapt, and soon.
\n\n\n\nWhen asked if they believe companies would lose major talent if they don’t offer remote work options, 74% of our survey respondents said yes.
\n\n\n\nWe then asked if the respondents thought companies would have a hard time getting people to apply for open positions if they had a full-time in-office policy. Unsurprisingly, 67% of our survey respondents said yes, again.
\n\n\n\nAdditionally, 64% of them even said that companies will need to pay higher salaries to offset their lack of remote working options.
\n\n\n\nThe writing is on the wall — remote work seems to be here to stay and companies who aren’t adapting may be in serious trouble, according to our respondents.
\n\n\n\nIt’s clear that COVID-19 has drastically altered both work and personal life patterns — maybe forever.
\n\n\n\nBut just a few months ago, many employees without the flexibility to work remotely were starting to return to their office and life was returning to normal.
\n\n\n\nYou could feel the hope in the air across cities in America; however, we’re now facing a new threat that new mutations of the COVID-19 virus like the Delta variant could bring back restrictions, and these laws and guidelines could even be more stringent.
\n\n\n\nSo, how will employees handle this? Will they return without a fight to an unsafe environment? Will they protest? Will they demand safety protocols or proof of vaccination?
\n\n\n\nWe asked, and here’s what they had to say.
\n\n\n\nMore than half of all employees surveyed are seriously concerned about the new COVID-19 outbreaks across the world and would not feel safe heading back to an office.
\n\n\n\nBecause of this, 74% of employees said they would volunteer their vaccination status to their employer to ensure they’re returning to a safe office.
\n\n\n\nOn top of that, just 16% of American workers are ready to accept a mandated return-to-office without additional safety measures or protocols in place.
\n\n\n\nIn detail, 84% of employees surveyed would prefer some combination of the following:
\n\n\n\nThe threat is real and employees are in desperate need of enhanced safety measures should they be required to return to their office even part-time.
\n\n\n\nAmerican workers absolutely love remote work. And most would prefer to work from anywhere but the office when COVID-19 restrictions are removed.
\n\n\n\nRemote work is flexible, there is an increased sense of freedom and control, commutes are a thing of the past, gas and dry cleaning bills are slashed, and hey, it’s 2021 and we are blessed with incredible technology that allows us to maintain productivity from anywhere. Sounds like a slam dunk, right?
\n\n\n\nWe know work habits have probably changed for good, but whether employers take the advice from their employees regarding remote work best practices remains to be seen.
\n\n\n\nBut one thing is clear: if workers are willing to take pay cuts or even quit their jobs to maintain a remote lifestyle, employers will absolutely have to adjust quickly.
\n\n\n\nFor more information on GoodHire’s research, full data set, or to request an interview about this report, please contact press@goodhire.com.
\n\n\n\nAll data found within this report is derived from a survey by GoodHire conducted online via survey platform Pollfish. In total, 3,500 adult Americans were surveyed. The respondents were found via Pollfish’s age filtering feature. This survey was conducted over a two-day span, and all respondents were asked to answer all questions as truthfully as possible and to the best of their knowledge and abilities.
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\nAs GoodHire’s managing editor, Sara Korolevich produces educational resources for employers on a variety of employment screening topics, including compliance and screening best practices, and writes about GoodHire’s company and product news. Sara’s experience stems from 20+ years working as a B2C and B2B PR and communications professional.
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