Thread by @RemoteTools

State of Remote Work 2020 📊

We reached out to 331 remote workers from @InVisionApp, @ScrapingHub, @flexjobs, @doist & @gitlab, as well as independent professionals, who shared their thoughts around a multitude of topics.

Here's what they have to say 🗣

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82% said no plans to return to an in-office setting 👩‍💻

Irrespective of the reason to explore remote work, this reflects the convenience it offers to individuals and how offering remote working opportunities might immediately make a company much more favourable to applicants.

Everyone would recommend remote work to others! 👬

However, 35% said they would do so depending on the person they were recommending it to. This underlines the importance that remote working might not be for everyone or for every situation.

Flexibility is the biggest motivator to work remotely 🤸‍♀️

👉 Offering flexible work hours might improve retention & employee happiness

In contrast to the popular depiction of remote work being pursued by those with "wanderlust", only 8% selected travelling as their motivator.

Battling work-life balance & loneliness remains tough 🤕

Other stated challenges:
- Managing work & communicating across timezones (17%)
- Infrastructure (8%)
- Personal productivity (8%)
- Comprehending one's company's culture (3%)

Even with the growth in co-working spaces, remote workers choose to work from home 🏠

Working from home at a whopping 84% in totality!

63% say they have a dedicated home office.

That helps in:
- Productivity
- Posture
- Distinction between work space & personal space

Remote work doesn't mean employees are not working, but probably working too much 😱

Our survey indicated that remote workers are probably working higher than the usual amount - a large part of our respondents (44%) indicated that they work for greater than 40 hours a week.

Dedicated slack for interests has been the easiest & best method to build good personal bonds 🤝

Forming strong relationships in a remote team is tough given many conversations revolve around work at hand. So, need to be intentional to create opportunities for such interactions.

Companies are slowly recognising that having a 100% remote company is better than partially remote teams 🌎

Additionally, to aid remote workers in building a healthy and reliable workspace, 52% of respondents shared that their companies have begun to fund better infrastructure.

Who took our survey? 🙆‍♀️

331 respondents 👇

Company size 🏢
* 0-10, 11-50, 51-200, 500+ => ~24% each
* 200-500 => 4%

Function 👨‍💻
* Engineering - 30%
* Marketing - 21%,
* Management - 17%
* Product - 15%
* HR - 7% in HR
* Strategy - 7%
* Sales - 2%

The full report and accompanying guide is available at remotework2020.remote.tools 📖

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- @weworkremotely
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