Overview

• Relatively few employers (13%) have introduced new incentives that would make employees more satisfied with in-person work, according to a poll conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago.
• About 3 in 4 human resources representatives say that retaining employees who don’t want to work in the office is a problem.
• Top factors behind employees’ desire to work from home include their prioritization of flexibility and work-life balance, and the length and costs of commuting.
• Most hybrid workers (55%) say paying employees more for their in-office work would provide “a lot” of encouragement for them to work in-person more often.
• The number of people working remotely has fallen significantly since the peak of COVID-19 — but is still far higher than pre-pandemic levels.