More and more companies are asking employees to return to the office, but many of these workers are ignoring the request.
According to a new survey by The Conference Board, 54 percent of companies are mandating or strongly encouraging workers to be on-site. However, nearly 80 percent are still working either fully remote or hybrid schedules.
In fact, workers’ dissatisfaction with return-to-office mandates may lead more workers to jump ship. Indeed, nearly a third of those required to come back to the workplace said their intent to stay with their organization had decreased.
The survey also reveals the pros and cons of fully remote versus fully on-site work. Most strikingly, the results suggest a relationship between companies with fully-remote employees and layoffs. 33 percent of remote employees report their companies have implemented layoffs, compared to only 13 percent of fully on-site workers.
The latest workforce survey from The Conference Board was fielded from April 25 to May 5 and polled nearly 1,300 US employees—predominantly office workers. Respondents weighed in on their work arrangements, return-to-the-office policies, productivity, engagement levels, and more. Key findings include:
FULLY ON SITE OR FULLY REMOTE: THE BATTLE RAGES ON
Nearly 80 percent are working either fully remote or hybrid (partially remote) schedules.
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Only 15 percent of survey respondents are on site 5 days per week.
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28 percent are fully remote.
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50 percent work some variation of a hybrid schedule (remote some of the time).
More than half say working on site is either strongly encouraged or mandated by their organizations.
RETENTION
Mandating that employees work on site may hurt worker retention.
LAYOFFS
Are layoffs more common among remote employees?
PRODUCTIVITY
Fully-remote workers say they are more productive.
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35 percent of fully remote workers say their productivity is higher than 6 months ago, compared to 20 percent of those fully on site and 22…
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