Goodhire recently surveyed 3,500 Americans to understand the current state of remote work

What they discovered will shock every company thinking about going back to an office full-time

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68% of Americans would choose remote working options over in-office work
85% of Americans believe that their colleagues and other employees around the nation prefer working remotely rather than working from the company office.
61% of Americans would be willing to take a pay cut to maintain remote working status

Some workers even suggested they would take a 50% pay cut to avoid returning to the office
45% of Americans would either quit their job or immediately start a remote work job search if they were forced to return to their office full-time

Almost 25% of the respondents said, specifically, they would quit if a return-to-office mandate was instituted
74% of Americans need a continued remote working arrangement to stay at their current job
85% of Americans prefer to apply for jobs that offer remote flexibility

15% would apply for a position that requires total full-time office work
60% of Americans would move to a new city just for the opportunity to work remotely in any capacity
70% of Americans would forfeit benefits to maintain remote working status, most commonly: health insurance, paid time off, retirement accounts, and more
74% of Americans believe that companies not offering remote working arrangements will lose major talent in the workforce
67% of Americans believe that companies that do not offer remote working arrangements will struggle mightily to attract quality applicants
64% of Americans believe companies that do not offer remote working arrangements will have to increase salary offerings to entice job seekers to apply
And finally from a recent EY survey:

More than half of employees globally would quit their jobs if not provided with post-pandemic flexibility

The future of work is being reshaped right now
How great companies go remote: FirstbaseHQ.com

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10 Sep
I spoke to 10 x Billion $ companies who canceled return to the office due to the delta variant

A few predictions on what else is going to happen

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☠️ Office Death: leases are expiring and not being renewed

By the time people can return to the office a lot of companies will no longer have space to return to
🏃‍♂️City Flight: workers will continue to leave the cities their offices are located in

Many will end up quitting their jobs if their companies try to force them back to the office
Read 19 tweets
9 Sep
Blows my mind some people believe going back to the office is the only way to see people IRL

Employers controlling your closest relationships is a bad thing

Your closest relationships depending on business success – where if that changes relationships end – is even worse

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This highlights so many societal issues around friendship and meaning

Go back 30 years, people had hobbies outside of work

Now, work occupies so much of your day, and commute time has grown, meaning people no longer have time for relationships outside work
People don’t need more shallow, superficial relationships that happen via full-time office work

They need deeper, meaningful relationships with the people they care about most

They need more time to do the things that make them happiest with others who share common interests
Read 8 tweets
1 Sep
I spoke to 3,000+ teams about remote working after Covid-19

This is what I learned

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🏢 HQ’s are finished: companies will cut their commercial office space by 50-70%

They will allow every worker to work from home 2-4 days a week, and come into the office 1-2 days a week
🌍 Fully distributed: ~30% of the companies we talk to are getting rid of the office entirely and going remote-first

Companies doing this have seen their workers decentralize rapidly, leaving expensive cities to be closer to family
Read 23 tweets
20 Aug
I've spoken to 2,000+ companies over the last 12 months about their plans for remote work going forward

Here are a few things I've learned

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🏢 HQ’s are finished: companies will cut their commercial office space by 50-70%

The will allow every worker to work from home 2-4 days a week, and come into the office 1-2 days a week
🌍 Fully distributed: ~30% of the companies we talk to are getting rid of the office entirely and going remote-first

Companies doing this have seen their workers decentralize rapidly, leaving expensive cities to be closer to family
Read 22 tweets
16 Aug
$100B+ companies are delaying their return to office plans again

By the time offices open, people will have worked remotely for 2+ years

A few prediction on what happens next

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💫 Worker Choice: millions of workers will never go back to the office full-time

Companies who let workers choose where they want to work will dominate the next decade
☠️ Office-first Death: companies who go ahead with return to office plans will be crushed

All their most talented people will leave for companies who care about their quality of life
Read 20 tweets
13 Aug
The media obsession of asking people what they’d *give up* for remote work is wrong

We ran a survey to ask people what what they *expect*

200+ people responded: what we learned is fascinating

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✅ Worker Choice:7 in 10 employees want to be free to choose where they work

2 in 10 want to be fully remote
1 in 10 want to be in office "a few days a week"

Only 3 in 100 want to be in the office full-time
🪜 Remote Support: 8 in 10 workers think companies should do whatever it takes to make remote work great

2 in 10 think there should be moderate support to help remote workers

Only 2 in 100 think companies should optimize for the office & let remote workers fend for themselves
Read 22 tweets

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