Work From Home: New Health Risks Come With the New Normal
With remote work here to stay, new health risks have been identified. We conducted a survey of 900+ US full-time and part-time workers in June, 2020 to find out how they’re faring in terms of their physical and mental health.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect “normal life,” work from home becomes routine. The workplace has changed overnight--from open seating to your kitchen table. For some, it may be here to stay. Many companies like Facebook and Twitter have announced the option to work from home permanently beyond COVID-19. A Gallup poll in April found 65% of employees were working from home due to COVID-19. Global Workplace Analytics estimates 56% of U.S. workers have jobs that can be done from home and predicts around 25-30% of the workforce will be working from home several days a week by the end of 2021.
With remote work here to stay, new health risks have been identified. We conducted a survey of 900+ US full-time and part-time workers in June, 2020 to find out how they’re faring in terms of their physical and mental health. Download full report "New Health Risks in the Remote Workplace" here.
The state of remote work during COVID-19
Gone are commutes, office happy hours, and open seating. Instead, the workplace looks more like your dining room or kitchen table with your pet dog as your closest desk buddy. Two-thirds of respondents said they were currently working from home. And the majority are rookie remote workers with 78% temporarily working from their home office due to COVID-19 workplace policies and only 17% calling themselves permanent or regular remote workers.