Workers Prioritize Flex Hours
The inability to work remotely is no longer the biggest deal-breaker for professionals who are evaluating job options.
According to survey results from Future Forum, a consortium created by Slack Technologies, flexible hours are favored more than location flexibility by the 10,000 respondents, who are characterized as “knowledge workers.”
While 95% of people want flexible hours – compared with 78% who want location flexibility – 72% of people who are unhappy with either their work hours or location are likely to seek out a new job in the next year.
Some other interesting data from the Nov. 2021 survey:
- 75% of people want to choose the days they work from home
- Among executives, 71% work in the office at least 3 days a week
- Among employees, 63% work in the office at least 3 days a week
- 75% of executives working remotely want to be in the office at least 3 days a week
- 37% of employees working remotely want to be in the office at least 3 days a week
A challenge facing companies is that there may be a difference between the optimal method of working and how employees prefer to work. In a competitive labor market where salaries continue to rise, workers have more leverage.
For more information on this survey, read this Wall Street Journal article.
To learn how to best approach remote work, check out this article from recruitAbility CEO Nad Elias. Also, here’s a glimpse at how tech companies are approaching a flex work future.
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