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2. How COVID-19 changed U.S. workplaces
By 2022, a desire to work from home replaced a need to do so
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- 2. How COVID-19 changed U.S. workplaces
- COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a large but temporary spike in unemployment
- Remote work peaked in October 2020; hybrid work is now the most common arrangement for workers with jobs that can be done remotely
- Growing share of workers required to be in office a certain number of days
- Most who work from home say doing this has helped them balance their work and personal lives
- Nearly half of workers currently working from home say they’d be unlikely to stay at their job if they could no longer do so
- Most workers are confident that if there were another pandemic, their employer would handle safety measures correctly
- Initial decline in employment during COVID-19 pandemic was greater for mothers than fathers
- By 2022, a desire to work from home replaced a need to do so
- In 2022, there was a wide partisan gap in views of COVID-19 vaccination requirements at work