Working from home is more now than it was 10 years ago. Remote jobs were on the rise before the COVID-19 pandemic. When communities had to find ways to continue functioning while social distancing, work from home positions were an obvious solution.
Now, many companies have built the infrastructure to support remote employees or expanded existing systems to accommodate more of them. And with the constant looming threat of virus variants and an awareness of how world events can impact business, many have decided to run with the concept.
According to the Pew Research Center, around 20% of employed adults said that they did all or most of their work from home before the pandemic. That statistic has grown to 71% with 54% stating that they would like to continue working from home even if there is no motivating threat requiring them to do so.