As the outbreak for the virus continues, it has forced millions of Americans to stay at home and work for their offices. Many of the workers who have been busy working from home feel that they are feeling better in this new form of work rather than facing long hours of commute to their offices. As per the recent Change Research Survey carried out by CNBC, more than 42 percent of respondents all across the world claims that they are happy working from their home and would continue doing it for long. While 14 percent of these people said that they had worked from home earlier before the virus hit them, while 19 percent of people are working for the first time.
While a majority of people comprising 58 percent would be working outside the home. As the economy reopens, around 24 percent claim that they would like to work either completely from home as compared to their earlier methods of working at their offices, while 55 percent of people intend to return to their workspaces and the rest of 20 percent of people are not very sure about it. With the increase of hundreds and thousands of people turning to millions working from home in their remote locations, the economy in the country seems to have caused a major repercussion all over the broader economy.
For instance, if businesses are planning to save money on buying or renting new spaces for their offices for their employees working from home, that could translate into a huge amount of losses to the people in the real estate industry as well. The data now showcases the major gap found in between the income levels along with the capability to work from home. With people making around $50,000 a year, with just 24% of people seen at work at home. In the mid range seen in between $50,000 to $100,000, the number seemed to have jumped to 36 percent and for those keen on making $100,000 or more, 46% are the people who would be able to work from home.
In a sense, a strong majority of 60% of workers are only ready to work at their offices irrespective of the fact that they are productive or not while working from home. Lastly, when it comes to checking the amount of time spent over their commute, a majority of workers feel that they had invested more time with their family and leisure work or the sleep. However, around 28 percent of people claimed that they have found the opportunity to get some more work done. If one divides the time spent, it comes to around 47 percent with family, 44 percent went for relaxing, 36 percent for sleeping, 33 percent for hobbies and entertainment and only 28 percent work related activities. So, amidst the work from home environment, a majority do not want to return to their workplaces for many reasons.