Metrics

Snapshot: Working remotely: Greater flexibility, less job satisfaction

01/19/2021

Employees who work from home say they feel less connected to co-workers, but appreciate the flexibility.

68% of remote employees work on weekends

01/12/2021

A study by staffing firm Robert Half shows employees are working around the clock while at home.

Snapshot: In covid age, would internet outage be a big problem?

01/12/2021

These days, remote workers say interrupted internet or cell phone service would be a big problem.

Snapshot: For most employees, remote work really works!

01/05/2021

87% of employees who work from home say they have the technology they need.

Plans flexible about return-to-work this spring

01/05/2021

Forty percent of organizations that shifted to remote work last March plan to have employees return to the workplace by this March, according to a new survey by the Conference Board.

Workers who say they can do their jobs from home

12/28/2020

The ability to work from home correlates strongly with income.

Silver linings among pandemic’s dark clouds

12/28/2020

Despite the devastation it has wrought, the coronavirus pandemic is yielding some unexpected benefits for employers, according to a new survey by the Mercer consulting firm.

Half of workers say pandemic stalled career growth

12/21/2020

A full 50% of working Americans say their career development has stalled or even regressed during the pandemic, says a survey of 1,000 workers by Doodle, an online scheduling firm.

Snapshot: How worried are workers about catching covid-19?

12/15/2020

About half of workers who must interact with others on the job are concerned they may be exposed to the coronavirus.

Working from home: Absence makes the heart grow fonder

12/08/2020

Nine months into white-collar America’s mass move to remote work, many of us miss the socialization of office life. Others couldn’t be happier working from home.