Of the many effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on business, one of the most dramatic has been the way hundreds of millions of employees around the world have been forced to work from home (WfH). Within a matter of weeks in early 2020, WfH went from an occasional employee convenience to being the only way many organizations could continue to function.
The scale of this change was extraordinary. A YouGov survey of global office workers commissioned for this report by HP shows that 82% worked from home more since the start of the pandemic. This has prompted a reassessment of WfH as having compelling economic and personal benefits. It seems likely there will be a permanent change in working patterns which organizations must adapt to to maintain competitive advantage. In fact, the findings showed that 23% of office workers globally expect to predominately WfH post pandemic, and a further 16% expect to split their time equally between homeand office-based working.
