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I recommend businesses that see improved performance after implementing remote work investigate what is the true source of these improvements. In turn, businesses that offer remote work to keep employees happy and minimize churn might find themselves doing neither of those things. It's a vicious cycle: Employees overwhelmingly demand remote work options, but many struggle to thrive in this work environment. Burnout can lead to performance issues and push employees to seek other opportunities. Remote employees report loneliness and poorer work-life balance as the top challenges they grapple with and the mental well-being of your team must not be underestimated. More often than not, it's at the cost of the social dimension of work, as well as the employee's personal time. While improved effectiveness might sound great on the surface, it's essential to understand where exactly that extra hour comes from. Rather, those working from home simply spend more time working and, accordingly, get more done. Indeed, our results show minor differences in that regard between the various work models. It's not that individual productivity magically skyrockets when working from home. We've known this since the first months of the pandemic. Meanwhile, Gallup's research confirms that hybrid workers have a slight edge in terms of productivity.Īt first glance, it looks like it's a good time to have a remote team.īut here's the chief takeaway from all these findings: Remote workers seem to be the most effective, but it could come at the cost of longer working hours. Owl Labs' 2021 State of Remote Work revealed 90% of employees report the same, or higher, productivity levels working from home compared to the office, as well as 55% of respondents are working longer hours remotely. These results echo discoveries by other notable studies.

On average, we found remote workers to be more effective than hybrid workers and in-office ones.Hybrid workers were the most productive, albeit marginally so, with remote and office workers following close behind.

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On average, remote workers worked almost a full hour more than their in-office and hybrid counterparts.Nearly half of all respondents were working remotely (46%) at the time of the survey, with the others split almost evenly between in-office (28%) and hybrid (26%).

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