I recently asked a team of our advanced analysts to establish an over\/under for how many U.S. employees will not be returning to the office full time in the future.<\/p>\n
Here are some key facts I learned from them. There are 125 million full-time jobs in America. Of those, right at 50% — or about 60 million — report that their current job can be done remotely working from home. We interviewed a representative sample of them.<\/p>\n
The research design included organizations ranging from accounting firms where all employees can work from home (WFH) to construction companies where 10% of employees are in corporate backrooms and can also work remotely. The sample includes everyone from any kind of organization who believes they can do their work from home.<\/p>\n
Of those 60 million potential WFH employees, a staggering 30% said they would prefer to “never” come into the office during the week. Ten percent (10%) said they prefer working all five days in the office. The middle 60% want a blend of one to four days per week. The most common preference was two to three days in the office per week.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n Gallup reports what many of us know: office life isn't going back to normal. They predict almost 2 in 5 desks will be unoccupied in 2022, even as the pandemic becomes less disruptive. https:\/\/t.co\/oSVXxp5TGh<\/a><\/p>\n — Kevin Donahue (@kevdonahue) December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n