A study of 9,000 U.S. workers by ADP Research Institute finds some unexpected--and many expected--employee attitudes about remote work.
“Social connection, promotion opportunities and work-life boundaries are the most-cited benefits of on-site work,” according to employees. You might expect that.
Perhaps unexpectedly, employees believe a return to the office will lessen--not increase--team spirit. Credit gossip, cliques and other forms of social behavior for this belief.
As you might expect, in-the-offce work leads to more organic communication. Some 77 percent of on-site workers say they engage in spontaneous conversations with their teammates during the work week. Only 60 percent of remote workers say that happens.
On-site workers report a shorter workday--on average, one hour less--than remote workers. Those working remotely are more likely to say they have longer days post-Covid (39 percent) compared to on-site workers (21 percent).
Fully 57 percent of employee think that their managers prefer on-site employees over remote workers. And 50 percent of managers themselves say that they actually do prefer on-site employees when making decisions on hiring and promotions.
Nearly half of employees say that “productive” (44 percent) and “undistracted” (48 percent) are more likely to be traits describing on-site workers and not remote workers.
About 33 percent of those surveyed believe it makes no difference to productivity or distraction whether someone is remote or on site.
Remote workers are more likely to say that communication with their manager (or with direct reports if they are a manager) has deteriorated (26 percent). In contrast, just 14 percent of on-site workers whose boss also works on-site say communication has decreased.
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