The pandemic allowed millions of Americans to try out remote work for the first time, to great success. 78% of remote employees want to continue working from home for the rest of their career. Despite the obvious benefits of remote work, it still has a few kinks to work out.
The first issue is task switching. Employees cycle through an average of 9 apps every day to do their work. Switching apps tanks productivity because each interruption (switching from a word processor to email manager, for example) takes 23 minutes to regain focus from. This adds up to a 40% productivity loss.
Another problem is Zoom fatigue. A majority of remote workers say they have more meetings now than they did when working in-person. Waiting for meetings to start costs 11 minutes per meeting and exhausts workers with constant camera exposure. Working from anywhere needs to include community and connection. As such, many are considering relocating to locations that best support this sense of belonging and collaboration.
Also published on Medium.
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