While 33 per cent of global employees said they want to return to the physical workplace full time after the coronavirus pandemic in April, that number dropped to four per cent when respondents were asked the same question in June, according to a new survey by Perceptyx Inc.
In its survey of more than 750,ooo global workers, the employee survey and people analytics platform found the percentage of favourable responses to “my remote work environment enables me to work productively” has shifted from 86 per cent in April to nearly 100 per cent in June.
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“In looking at this data collected starting back in March, there has been a clear shift as employees have had the time to create a suitable remote working environment and mastered remote work tools — the newness has paved the way to the familiar,” said Brett Wells, director of people analytics at Perceptyx, in a press release. “The combination of the growing experience with remote work and the additional flexibility and resources made available have negatively impacted the desire to go back to the office.”