Global work location preferences of employees post-COVID 2021, by organization size

Published by
Ahmed Sherif,
Jul 7, 2023
In 2021, 26 percent of employees working in medium-sized organizations state they prefer working from home mostly. Overall, with 44 percent, employees from small businesses prefer working in the office more than employees from medium-sized businesses (41%) or large businesses (34%).

Work location preference of employees without COVID-19 issue worldwide in 2021, by organization size

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Release date

March 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

January 15 to February 11, 2021

Number of respondents

4,126 respondents

Age group

18-64 years

Special properties

business end user*

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

*Respondents were currently working from home and worked in the office prior to COVID-19.

Respondents represet a wide variety of markets and different business sizes.

VS/Small (n=1,227), Medium (n=1,450), Large (n=1,449).

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