In the US, remote workers were laid off 35% more often than their office-based counterparts in 2023. The newspaper writes about this Wall StreetJournal (WSJ) cites research from Live Data Technologies.
It was announced that analysts examined the data of more than two million people. According to the research, 10% of fully remote workers and 7% of office-based or hybrid workers will lose their jobs in 2023.
“If a hiring manager knows he or she will have to lay off 10 percent of the workforce, it is easier to bring in someone with whom you do not have a close personal relationship,” they explain.
According to employment experts (HR professionals), when a hiring manager learns that he must lay off 10% of his workforce, it is easier for him to bring on board someone with whom he does not have a close personal relationship.
Other reasons are possible, as noted in the WSJ material. That’s why a 2021 survey showed that 68% of managers and executives find office workers more productive than remote workers.
Before that, researchers from Carleton University (Canada) EstablishedThis remote work can lead to “home fever.” Symptoms include irritability, anxiety and loneliness.
Izvestia newspaper also published The results of a survey conducted by the Rabota.ru service, in which one in three Russians wants to work remotely.
Previous employers in Russia named The main advantage of remote working.