Affected by the epidemic, currently about 72% of employees worldwide work remotely. According to the survey, the number of employees working from home permanently in 2021 will also increase to 34%, more than double the number before the epidemic.
According to a survey by Enterprise Technology Research (ETR) in the United States, the proportion of employees working from home permanently in the world is expected to double in 2021 due to increased productivity during the epidemic.
ETR’s chief business strategist, Erik Bradley, said in an interview with Reuters: “Productivity indicators prove that remote work is effective. So we all believe that permanent remote work will increase, but We did not expect this number to double the level before the COVID-19 pandemic. This will have a huge impact in many areas, whether it is real estate, retail, catering or transportation."
ETR surveyed approximately 1,200 CIOs in different industries around the world in September. These information technology decision makers predict that permanent remote work will account for 34.4% of total employees in 2021, more than double the 16.4% before the epidemic. This is the result of rising productivity. Telecommuting can not only improve the work efficiency of employees (such as IT departments in the telecommunications, finance, and insurance departments), but can also significantly save costs for enterprises.
The data also shows that 48.6% of people said that since the beginning of telecommuting, employee productivity has increased, and only 28.7% of respondents said that productivity has declined.
At the same time, these CIOs also expressed stronger optimism about the business prospects of the company in 2021. They believe that the technology budget will increase by 2.1%; in contrast, this data will decline by 4.1% in 2020.
Just half a month ago, according to The Verge report, Microsoft allows employees to work at home no more than 50% of their working hours per week, and they can work remotely permanently after approval by their manager. Obviously, the technology giant Microsoft is a pioneer in the promotion of telecommuting.
However, not all positions at Microsoft can be allowed to work remotely permanently. Some positions still require employees to work in the company, including positions related to hardware laboratories, data centers, and on-site training. This is what Splashtop in the field of remote office often mentions-mixed office will also become the new normal.
Nowadays, technology companies including Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon have adopted the form of telecommuting. When the epidemic situation in foreign countries is difficult to control, the mode of telecommuting may continue for a long time.
As early as 6.18 this year, Splashtop Inc. released a survey that showed that home office production is more efficient. Interested students can refer to the previous article: "Splashtop Survey Shows: Home Office Production is More Efficient". When I was editing the article, I was still a little unbelievable. Now it seems that this is a consensus and a general trend.
What kind of software is needed for remote office and home office work? Needless to say, Dingding, Feishu, Tencent Video and other remote video and remote collaboration remote office software, and remote desktop control software such as Splashtop and Teamviewer can make you even more powerful.
Especially for some special industries (such as design) that need to control high-performance computers in the office, then remote desktop control software is almost a must for you. Without remote desktop software, remote office is almost impossible.
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