The days of fully remote set-ups are past their peak for most employees. According to July 2023 LinkedIn data, seen by BBC Worklife, there has been a 50% year-over-year decrease in remote roles advertised on the platform in the US, and a 21.5% drop in the UK.
Yet even as more firms issue hard-line return-to-office mandates and clamp down on employees working from home, there are some companies still steadfastly remaining – or even switching to – remote set-ups.
The trend skews towards technology firms, particularly startups, who are inherently tech-enabled, and have invested in their remote workforces. During the pandemic, for instance, Airbnb pivoted to a “Live and Work Anywhere” programme, which it’s retained to date. Online real estate marketplace Zillow switched to a permanent work-from-anywhere policy in 2020, subsequently announcing that it would pay the same wage to employees who moved away from its Seattle headquarters.
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