Post-pandemic | 3 in 5 employees want to work remotely in future

Within most professional industries, there has historically been a stigma around the concept of remote working; some employers think that being unable to physically monitor the activities of their teams means that their workers will utilise work hours to embrace a slower pace of productivity, or simply shirk work altogether in favour of the many distractions in their homes.

However, over the past decade, the various benefits of remote working have forced HR to rethink this notion.

A Fundera study found that 81% of those who work remotely on a regular basis are less stressed and businesses who offer this perk see 40% less annual turnover in staff and in most cases, productivity actually increases. As a result, from 2008 to 2018, remote working policies surged by 25% across the UK.

And due to the current coronavirus pandemic, that number has soared.