Did the COVID pandemic change the world of office work forever? For many companies, it appears so.
Just look at the latest research from Yardi Kube. In a survey published this October, Yardi Kube asked employees who are currently searching for coworking spaces about their work habits. According to survey, 54% of those employees who are searching for coworking space work fully remote. Another 23% said that they work on a hybrid schedule, logging some days in the office each week and others remotely.
A total of 41% of employees surveyed by Yardi Kube said that they would not consider a job that didn’t offer them the chance to work fully remote. Another 30% said that they would only take such a job if it came with substantial financial or career incentives. A smaller percentage, 11%, said that they were actively seeking to return to full onsite work.
This survey isn’t indicative of the general workforce, of course. Yardi Kube’s survey only focused on workers who are now seeking coworking space. Such workers are more likely to already be working remotely.
The survey doesn’t focus on workers who have little choice but to work onsite, either. Teachers, medical professionals, laborers, service-industry employees and others don’t have the luxury of working remotely.
Still, the survey does show that the days of most office workers logging five days a week onsite every week might be over.
And what did the survey discover about hybrid work? Nearly 48% of respondents said they favored a balanced schedule of two to three days a week in the office, while 28% said that they would prefer working just one day in the office.
A total of 18% of respondents said that they would be comfortable working four to five days onsite, while 6% said that they preferred working no days in the office at all.
A total of 37% of respondents said that they would not consider leaving a hybrid work schedule, while 26% said that they might make the switch if the offer came with a significant raise or increase in benefits.
