Three out of 10 Canadian workers would prefer to
work from home half of the time after the pandemic
is over, compared to 14 per cent who want to work at
home full time and 15 per cent who'd rather work full
time in the office, found a survey of 1,012 Canadian
employees by business software provider Capterra.
Distraction is a top concern — seven out of 10
workers who report feeling more productive at home
say it's because they have fewer distractions from
co-workers, while just over half of those who feel less
productive blame too many distractions at home. The
more productive crowd also cited flexible work hours
(68 per cent) and the lack of commute (66 per cent)
as advantages that come with working from home,
while the less productive respondents said they have
a hard time staying on top of everything and find it
difficult to work effectively without in-person time
with managers and co-workers (both 45 per cent).
Respondents named better work-life balance as the
top perk of working from home, while collaboration
with co-workers was deemed the biggest advantage of
the office.
Seven out of 10 workers took fewer sick days in the
past year, despite the fact that more than half say
they experienced stress in their job due to work
overload and worried about job security, according
to a global survey of 406 remote workers conducted
by inclusive workplace learning company Dialectic
and intranet software platform Jostle.
Three-quarters of respondents said they feel their
No tech boost for field workers
No impact on my work
Fundamentally or
somewhat changed
my work
Enabled me to replicate
the same work remotely
WORKERS TAKING FEWER SICK DAYS
More than half of Canadian field
workers believe some aspects of their
job could be improved with technology.
However, 53 per cent said they haven't
been using technology very much or at
all during the pandemic, and another
52 per cent said technology had no
impact on their work during COVID-19,
according to a recent PwC Canada
survey of 1,001 field workers.
IS WORKING FROM
HOME MORE
PRODUCTIVE?
employer supports their physical and mental well-
being and has communicated the availability of mental
health resources, while 85 per cent feel they can take
time off for illness without worrying about losing their
job. However, nearly six in 10 used few or no sick days
for mental health reasons in the past year, and 54 per
cent said they didn't receive the support they needed to
manage difficulties arising from working from home.
52%
29%
18%
WORK HABITS DIFFER AT HOME
PANDEMIC IMPACT ON WORKERS' TECHNOLOGY
67% 65% 55%
work more after
hours (versus
52% at the
office)
of workers instantly
reply to work
messages, even in off
hours (versus 53%
at the office)
work on the
weekend
(versus 44% at
the office)
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