Due to the global coronavirus pandemic in 2020, many employees were forced to begin working from home.
In a May 2020 survey, 35 percent of participants from the Baby Boomer generation said that the decrease in social interactions was the most detrimental part of working from home during the pandemic. The majority of the younger Millennial and Gen Z generations found the increase in distractions to be the worst part of working from home.
Opinion on the worst parts of working from home in the United States during the coronavirus pandemic as of May 2020, by generation
Characteristic
Work life balance
Poor home office
More distractions
Less social interaction
Less productive
Hard to communicate
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Fluent Pulse. (May 19, 2020). Opinion on the worst parts of working from home in the United States during the coronavirus pandemic as of May 2020, by generation [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171972/opinions-worst-part-work-from-home-covid-19-generation-us/
Fluent Pulse. "Opinion on the worst parts of working from home in the United States during the coronavirus pandemic as of May 2020, by generation." Chart. May 19, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171972/opinions-worst-part-work-from-home-covid-19-generation-us/
Fluent Pulse. (2020). Opinion on the worst parts of working from home in the United States during the coronavirus pandemic as of May 2020, by generation. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171972/opinions-worst-part-work-from-home-covid-19-generation-us/
Fluent Pulse. "Opinion on The Worst Parts of Working from Home in The United States during The Coronavirus Pandemic as of May 2020, by Generation." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171972/opinions-worst-part-work-from-home-covid-19-generation-us/
Fluent Pulse, Opinion on the worst parts of working from home in the United States during the coronavirus pandemic as of May 2020, by generation Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171972/opinions-worst-part-work-from-home-covid-19-generation-us/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Opinion on the worst parts of working from home in the United States during the coronavirus pandemic as of May 2020, by generation [Graph], Fluent Pulse, May 19, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171972/opinions-worst-part-work-from-home-covid-19-generation-us/