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Remote working was very rare a decade ago. Working from home was only available as a special arrangement to accommodate families in specific cases. With the start of the pandemic, stifling innovation, telework and teleconferencing have advanced to the point where we can thrive only with remote teams. Let us look at the trends of remote working through; its evolution, its current state, and predictions for the future.
So how effective is remote work really? Airtasker surveyed 1,004 full-time employees — 505 of whom were remote employees — throughout the U.S. The results showed that
Remote workers toil an additional 1.4 more days per month than in-office employees, which is nearly 17 additional workdays a year.
Remote employees take longer breaks on average than office employees (22 minutes versus 18 minutes, respectively), but they work an additional 10 minutes a day.
Office workers are unproductive for an average of 37 minutes a day, not including lunch or breaks, whereas remote employees are unproductive for only 27 minutes.
15% of remote workers said their boss distracted them from work, which is less than the 22% of office-based employees who said the same thing.
