Leadership IQ surveyed 3,706 employees currently working from home to discover the truth about their WFH experiences. And we learned that while working from home has been positive for many people, people with certain personality characteristics fared much better…
Respondents answered more than two-dozen questions about remote work, as well as questions about their psychological makeup. Depending on whom you ask, remote working is either the ‘wave of the future’ or an unsustainable one-time crisis response. The problem with the work from home (WFH) debate is that it typically lacks hard data from real-life WFH employees. That’s why this present study showcases the state of affairs from the view of the remote worker. Here are a few highlights from the study…
- Only 9% of remote workers say they want to work in an office all the time
- 59% say their work-life balance is better working from home
- 53% say their productivity is better working from home (and Proactive Personalities find the biggest boosts to their productivity)
- 49% say their mental health is better working from home (and Ambitious Personalities find the biggest boosts to their mental health)
- 39% say the creativity of their work is better working from home (and Optimistic Personalities find the biggest boosts to their creativity)
- 54% say their relationships with work colleagues are better working from an office
- 27% say their relationship with their boss is better working from an office
Employees are evenly divided on whether the productivity of meetings is better or worse working from home
Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story @ The State Of Working From Home
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