NASFAA Mention: Most Who Work From Home Want to Keep Doing It, Study Finds. Will They Be Able To?

"Nearly 90% of people who have been able to work from home during the pandemic do not want to go back to the office full time, even once it's safe to do so, according to a new study out today from Pew Research. And employers are already thinking about how that's going to change their workplaces," Marketplace reports.

... "Pew Research found that more than half of people whose jobs have allowed them to work from home during COVID-19 want to keep doing it all or most of the time. Another third say they'd like to at least some of the time. 

'That's creating a lot of conversation about how we're going to operate in summer 2021,' said Justin Draeger, who runs the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, a nonprofit in Washington, D.C., with about 45 people on staff. Nearly all of them now say they want to be able to divide their time between home and the office. And Draeger's OK with that.

'This idea of being in the office five days a week, I think, is a bygone era for companies that have successfully moved to telework,' he said."

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Publication Date: 12/10/2020

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