"5% of US workers WFH full-time. Post COVID-19, the benefits of...

"5% of US workers WFH full-time. Post COVID-19, the benefits of flexible working will likely lead to a doubling of WFH levels which will drive paradigm shifts in tech requirements, consumer behavior and will provide extra time (removing commutes “gives back” 236 hours / annum to the average WFH employee).

Benefits to the employer include: attraction of talent; reduction in real estate and other central costs; productivity gains and potentially lower levels of turnover. Less positive impacts may include reduced innovation (driven by lower human interaction levels). Although working alongside families in un-planned office locations and the absence of work from office days are suboptimal, our survey suggests that more employees will seek to work from home post the pandemic. Furthermore, a recent Gartner CFO survey of 327 corporations suggested that ¾ of those surveyed intend to have an additional 5%+ of their workers, work from home; 25% of respondents suggested it could be up to a fifth of their workforce."

Staggering report from Jefferies in the US.