The NY Times put together a great selection of charts to show the "unmistakable spike, dip or jolt ... that capture that break — across the economy, health care, education, work, family life and more.
Those charts suggests that we continue to spend more time at home and less time socializing that pre-Covid. Public transit trips continue to be below pre-Covid trend.
Are we still working from home more? Recent articles suggest there is a push to be back in person at the office. From DOGE and the government, to JP Morgan and Amazon. Their challenge is that we have become used to hybrid and remote working.
So are we moving back to pre-Covid or was the trend broken?
Analysis by Robert Half suggests
- many employers continue to see value in offering their employees flexible work options, like the ability to work from home, either some or all of the time.
- senior-level professionals have more options to work from home
- continued stabilization, with four in 10 jobs featuring some remote work
Statista suggests that the shift to hybrid is significant, and while fully remote remains lower, a 5 day back to office seems to be a thing of the past. "In the second quarter of 2024, 53 percent of U.S. workers reported working in a hybrid manner. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a record number of people working remotely to help curb the spread of the virus. Since then, many workers have found a new shape to their home and working lives, finding that a hybrid model of working is more flexible than always being required to work on-site."
In a Fortune article, according to Frank Weishaupt, CEO of Owl Labs, "Despite the misconception that most employees are now back in the office full-time, the reality is that hybrid and remote work continue to grow, and they’re taking back share from fully in-office work.”
Let's see how these trends evolve
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