cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15071058
The ABC News/Ipsos poll found that economy and inflation were among the top issues for Americans in this upcoming presidential election, with more Americans saying they trust Trump on the issues than Biden. Eighty-eight percent of Americans in the survey said the economy was important when deciding whom to vote for, and 85 percent said the same for inflation.
The ABC News/Ipsos poll was conducted online among 2,260 adults April 25-30 and has a margin of sampling error of 2 percentage points.
And yet:
https://www.usnews.com/news/economy/articles/2024-01-25/remote-work-has-radically-changed-the-economy-and-its-here-to-stay#:~:text=Today%2C remote work has declined,degree is close to half.
“Today, remote work has declined from its levels of the pandemic but is still – depending on how broadly one measures it – three to four times as prevalent as it was in 2019. And the percentage of workers who still say they want the option of working from home to some degree is close to half.”
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/03/30/about-a-third-of-us-workers-who-can-work-from-home-do-so-all-the-time/
“Roughly three years after COVID upended U.S. workplaces, about a third (35%) of workers with jobs that can be done remotely are working from home all of the time, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. This is down from 43% in January 2022 and 55% in October 2020 – but up from only 7% before the pandemic.”
https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/business/hr-payroll/remote-work-statistics/
Oh the work can definitely be done from home, but I think the difference between your link and mine is where we’re at currently vs. where corporate leaders want us to be by the end of 2024.
I’m fortunate in that I’ve been working from home now since 2018, but I had to get a medical exemption last year. Without that, they’d be demanding return to office.
And yet several instances in my links suggest WFH growth by 2025.
I legitimately hope so, but that’s going to require corporate leaders to either be wrong or actively worked against.
Especially the 30% who want to fire people instead of allowing WFH.