Why working from home is a permanent structural shift

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One of the biggest structural changes arising from the COVID pandemic has been the shift to remote work. Through necessity, office workers across the globe were suddenly forced to log-on remotely via the internet and work from home.

A new survey of 12,500 employed people in 29 countries for the World Economic Forum (WEF) suggests the the shift to remote work will be permanent, with two-thirds of employees wanting flexible work arrangements after the pandemic ends:

Two-thirds of people around the world want to work flexibly when the COVID-19 pandemic is over, a new survey shows…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.