[Epoch Times August 27, 2021](Epoch Times Sui Yuan Compilation Report) A new study shows that since the outbreak of the “Chinese Communist Party Virus” (COVID-19), Americans have become increasingly interested in working from home, even if It is also at a high level when the company has begun to let employees return to work in the company.
CNBC reported that the analysis report published by the job search website Glassdoor on Monday (August 23) showed that between June 2019 and June 2021, the number of remote job searches on the Internet jumped 460%, and the search range was extremely high. widely.
According to Glassdoor’s data, people’s interest in remote work does not seem to increase in recent months, but it is still at a high level. At present, local governments have relaxed restrictions on epidemic prevention, and companies have opened offices and recalled employees to work in the company.
Daniel Zhao, a senior economist at Glassdoor, said that this phenomenon shows that the work-from-home model has endurance and will not disappear even after the epidemic subsides. “There has been no significant increase or decrease”.
According to the report, given people’s fear of the epidemic, especially the scope of vaccination is not large enough, it is not surprising that they choose to work outside the office. At the beginning of the outbreak, epidemic prevention measures adopted by various regions forced companies to close offices, and many employees had to work from home. Mr. Zhao said that the result of this is that more people are aware of this option and have experience that proves that they can also work effectively at home.
Mr. Zhao said that in the short term, the Delta variant virus epidemic will heat up, which will once again boost people’s interest in remote work. He said: “I think employees will seek more remote work opportunities, or flexible work arrangements, because they know this is what they want and can do it.”
However, data from Glassdoor also shows that despite the increased interest in remote work, only 3% of online job searches in June were for remote positions. (Note: This number may be far from reflecting the real situation, because the analysis only counts complete remote work and does not count the mixed mode)
It is not clear whether employers will meet this demand growth, but in the current labor shortage, they may be more inclined to make concessions.
Government data shows that in June, the number of job vacancies in the United States exceeded 10 million for the first time in history. Among them, nearly 4 million voluntarily resigned, which is also close to the highest record in history, showing that they are confident of finding better jobs. ◇
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