According to a recent survey from McKinsey & Company, American workers say they have the option to work part time or full time from home (58% and 35% respectively). That’s roughly 55 million people in the US.
87% of people offered to work from home, take up the offer (either 5 days a week or some days per week).
Flexible work arrangement is the 3rd most important motivator of finding a new job—just behind “better career opportunities” and “greater pay or hours”. It also ranks ahead of “better health insurance”.
See also:
- The motivators for finding a new job seems to line up with this: half of Millennials and Gen Z would consider quitting if employers don’t allow remote work
- 25% of all job postings are premanently remote
- The survey found greater work challenges for those in partially remote and fully remote setups which doesn’t square with this survey’s result that remote work is correlated with happiness
- According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 45% of jobs can be done remotely which is far lower than what this study suggests (so take both reports with a bit more than a grain of salt)