The same percentage of employed people who worked remotely in 2023 is the same as the previous year, a survey found

The same percentage of employed people who worked remotely in 2023 is the same as the previous year, a survey found

Don’t call it work from home any more, just call it work. According to new data, what once seemed like a pandemic necessity has become the new norm for many Americans.

Every year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases the results of its American time use survey, which asks Americans how much time they spend doing various activities, from work to leisure.

The most recent survey results, released at the end of June, show that the same percentage of employed people who did at least some remote work in 2023 is the same percentage as those who did remote work in 2022.

In other words, it’s the first stabilization in the data since before the pandemic, when only a small percentage of workers did remote work, and a sign that remote work is here to stay.

  • @ladicius
    16•2 months ago

    Found one real job this year without any problems. Maybe look worldwide? You’re not any longer bound to your city or your county when looking for 100% remote.

    I had to shift this attitude myself when I started looking around this year. Was used to only look for jobs nearby to reduce commute… Bullshit. Opened up for worldwide (English is business language nearly everywhere) and now happily work remote 100%.

    I wish you much success!

    • @[email protected]English
      7•2 months ago

      You’re not any longer bound to your city or your county

      And neither are people in every other country, including low wage countries…

      • Echo Dot
        7•2 months ago

        That’s always been the case though. He’s have always outsourced to other countries but they can’t do it completely because the quality of the work just isn’t there. Because they’re not trained.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•2 months ago

          the quality of the work just isn’t there. Because they’re not trained.

          That hasn’t stopped thousands of companies from trying it, though.

          Often more than once… (including the company I used to work for - they’ve outsourced, and re-homed a couple of times in the years I worked there.)

      • Semi-Hemi-LemmygodEnglish
        1•2 months ago

        Scheduling alone makes it worth it to hire people in every hemisphere.

        • @[email protected]English
          1•2 months ago

          One of the vendors I used to deal with had support engineers in 4 different time zones so there would be someone on day shift no matter when they needed to deal with a problem.

        • @[email protected]English
          0•2 months ago

          That’s an incentive to hire everyone in one hemisphere, unless we’re talking about a world wide company that needs people in multiple times zones.

          • Semi-Hemi-LemmygodEnglish
            2•2 months ago

            Every company I’ve worked with since 2007, big or small, has dealt with people in multiple time zones. Even when i was a freelancer.

    • @Psythik
      0•2 months ago

      Good idea. Thanks for the tip.

      BTW, which recruiting platform do you use? I’ve had zero luck on Indeed, LinkedIn, and Craigslist.

      • Echo Dot
        6•2 months ago

        Every job I have ever had off LinkedIn has been because somebody contacted me, I just sort of maintain the LinkedIn site just in case somebody decides they want to head hunt me but I don’t really consider it anything other than a passive collector of information. Certainly wouldn’t use it as my primary jump hunting site.

        Also Craigslist? Unless you’re looking to be an organ donor I don’t think you’re going to have much look there

      • Semi-Hemi-LemmygodEnglish
        1•2 months ago

        If you’re looking for just WFH jobs, check out FlexJobs. There’s a membership fee, but because it’s oriented towards remote work and because the end users pay part of the cost, it filters out a lot of the bullshit jobs.

        • @Psythik
          1•2 months ago

          Man I was I was really excited for this one, given my shitty experience with job hunting in the past (as I’ve mentioned). So today I finally went to the website, filled out their survey… Got one job listing in my results, for a programming gig. Yes seriously, just one single shitty result. I don’t even know how to code. *sigh*

          Thanks for trying but I should have known better than to get my hopes up. Guess I’ll just die.