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The Indicator from Planet Money · February 12, 2024 · 10m

Remote Work by the Numbers: Who's Actually Working from Home?

NPR Indicator Team

The Indicator presents the data on remote work: roughly 28% of work days are now remote (down from 50% during COVID but up from 5% pre-COVID). The team finds that remote work has stabilized and is likely permanent for knowledge workers.

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Environment shapes behavior — the physical workplace redesign (hybrid offices, hot-desking, collaboration spaces) is reshaping how office workers interact and communicate
The team traces how hybrid work has physically redesigned offices: fewer individual desks, more collaboration spaces, hot-desking, and 'hotel' rooms. This environmental redesign is changing how workers communicate, collaborate, and socialize.
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Highlights

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Remote work has stabilized at roughly 28% of work days — neither the 50% of COVID nor the 5% of pre-COVID, but a new structural equilibrium
The team presents data from Stanford economist Nick Bloom: remote work peaked at 50% of days during COVID, fell to 28% by 2024, and has stopped declining. This suggests a permanent structural shift, not a temporary pandemic artifact.
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