Remote working isn’t just being favoured by businesses. In fact, over 97% of employees currently working remotely want to stay remote for at least part of their working hours
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The likes of Sidmouth and East Devon could well be benefitting from the WFH culture: Moving to the country: how WFH will affect small town life – Vision Group for Sidmouth and Working from home: reviving town life – Vision Group for Sidmouth
However, a prominent businessman isn’t very impressed: Alan Sugar says those working from home are ‘lazy’ and should be ‘paid less’ – Manchester Evening News and Lord Sugar is ‘sick’ of working from home culture and says ‘lazy layabouts’ benefitted from Covid | Daily Mail Online and Alan Sugar hits out at WFH again. Are firms starting to agree with him? | Compensation, Benefits & Reward | HR Grapevine | News
Nevertheless, it seems that firms are not starting to agree with him in fact, as reported by an HR recruitment company:
We provide helpful advice for remote job-hunters and employees, as well as insights, like:
- Remote working isn’t just being favoured by businesses. In fact, over 97% of employees currently working remotely want to stay remote for at least part of their working hours.
- 86% of parents say they want to work flexibly and have more time with family.
- People with disabilities are 28% less likely to be employed. Virtual interviews are a great way to make the recruitment process less intimidating for neurodiverse people.
- Only 12% of employees say their company is great at onboarding, so new employees should be prepared to be proactive in asking for information.
A Guide To Remote Job Searching & Onboarding – s1jobs
And as this guide suggests, it’s not just about ‘getting the job done’ as Alan Sugar would have it – but about “an improved work-life balance” – as also covered in an earlier news piece on these pages:
Working from home: getting the work-life balance right – Vision Group for Sidmouth