Hybrid working by the numbers: 65 must-see statistics for 2022

There has never been more buzz around hybrid working before.

But as the world of work keeps evolving, hybrid working is steadily moving into a grey area of one-size-does-not-fit-all, leaving us with more questions than answers.

To help us understand and strategically lead hybrid teams, here are 65 must-see statistics:

Popularity of hybrid working

• 63% of high-revenue growth companies use hybrid work models. (Accenture)

• 69% of companies with negative or no growth reject the concept of hybrid workforces and prefer all onsite or all remote employees. (Accenture)

• 76% of a study respondents confirmed that their companies shifted to a hybrid working model. (TravelPerk)

• Remote jobs on LinkedIn attract 2.6 times more views and nearly 3 times more applicants compared to on-site roles (LinkedIn)

• 57% of remote employees say they’ll consider a switch to hybrid. (Microsoft)

• 78% of HR professionals surveyed by Crain’s Future of Work survey say flexible schedules and remote working are effective ways to retain workers without spending money. (Crain's New York)

• On average, companies see a 12% reduction in turnover when they allow their employees to do at least some remote work. (Zippia)

• The number of online job searches for remote positions increased 460% from June 2019 to June 2021 (Zippia) and doubled between May 2020 to May 2021— from 6% of all job posts to 14%. (Greg Lewis)

• The industries with the highest number of remote workers are healthcare (15%), technology (10%), and financial services (9%). (Owl Labs)

• 1 in 3 would quit their job if they could no longer work remote after the pandemic. (OwlLabs)

• Of employees currently working in a hybrid model, 85 percent want it retained going forward. (McKinsey)

• Only 8% of remote employees are willing to return full-time to work after the pandemic, according to the Remote Work & Compensation Pulse Survey. (Salary)

• If their compensation was lowered due to them working remotely, 83% of employees would leave their current job. (Salary)

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Productivity when hybrid working

• An all time high of 79% said they were more productive working remotely. (Morning Consult)

• 36% of respondents indicated that they felt more focused working at home than in their office, compared to 28% who reported feeling less focused. (Economist)

Challenges of hybrid working

• 43% of leaders say relationship-building is the greatest challenge in hybrid and remote work. (Microsoft)

• 38% of hybrid employees say their biggest challenge is knowing when and why to come into the office. (Microsoft)

• 59% of remote teams work within a span of 2-5 time zones. (Buffer)

• 22% of people report working from home hurt their creativity—and 26% of managers agreed. (LucidSpark)

• 44% of the same study reported feeling isolated from their colleagues’ goals and tasks. (LucidSpark)

• Per Buffer, the top challenges as a hybrid worker are unplugging after work (27%), difficulties with collaboration (16%), and loneliness (16%). (Buffer)

• 36% of executives say their biggest challenge to hybrid work is the loss of corporate culture, and 88% report higher turnover than normal. (PwC)

• 43% of CIO/CTOs and technology leaders report data privacy, cybersecurity, and compliance being one of the biggest obstacles. (PwC)

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Styles of hybrid working

• After COVID-19 92% of people surveyed expect to work from home at least 1 day per week and 80% expected to work at least 3 days from home per week. (OwlLab)

• 83% of 9,326 workers surveyed say they prefer a hybrid model — in which they can work remotely at least 25% of the time. (Accenture)

• Employees are mostly required to come to the office 3-4 days a week. (TravelPerk)

• 55% of employees want to work remotely at least three days a week. (Zippia)

• 85% of adults currently working at home, want to use a hybrid approach combining both home and office working in the future. (Office For National Statistics)

• 87% of people want to work from home at least 1 day of the week. 68% of American workers say the ability to work remotely and on-site is the perfect work model. (Pulse of the American Worker Survey)

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• we work 80% from home, and 20% from coworking spaces and coffeeshops

• we use Whatsapp to stay in touch

• and we factor in life and work-life balance, that's why we embrace flexibility and work from anywhere

• our style is called 'Hubbietastic' if anyone asks

Resistance to hybrid

• 71% of executives say that their company’s leadership has expressed a desire for work conditions to return to their pre-pandemic model. (Intuition)

• 63% have not yet changed their office spaces to suit this new hybrid reality. (TravelPerk)

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Demographic differences

• 74% of Gen Zers want more face-to-face collaboration opportunities, compared to 66% for Gen Xers and 66% for Baby Boomers. (intuition)

• Gen Z wants to use office spaces for regular desk work and training and development more than any other age group. Gen X and Baby Boomers want to use office space for client meetings more than any other generation represented. (Zippia)

• Employees with disabilities were 11 percent more likely to prefer a hybrid work model than employees without disabilities. (McKinsey)

• More than 70 percent of men and women expressed strong preferences for hybrid work, but nonbinary employees were 14 percent more likely to prefer it. (McKinsey)

• LGBQ+2 employees were 13 percent more likely to prefer hybrid work than their heterosexual peers. (McKinsey)

• Younger employees (18–34 years old) were 59 percent more likely to leave an organisation if hybrid work wasn’t offered than older ones (55–64 years old). (McKinsey)

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• Only 66% of employees agree they have the technology they need to effectively work remotely, compared to 80% of executives. (Gartner)

• 43% of people report spending too much time switching between different online tools and applications, and 48% report making mistakes because they can't keep track of information stored across online tools and apps. (Language.work)

• 72% of companies plan to invest more in tools for virtual collaboration in the future. (Zippia)

• 42% of employees who have been WFH since the pandemic still lack office supplies and tech at home, with 10% reporting inadequate internet access (Microsoft)

• 54% of IT professionals consider remote work to be a higher security risk than traditional in-office work. (OpenVPN)

Financial compensation

• 92% of employers do not have a system in place for determining compensation for employees who work remotely only part of the time. (Salary)

• For 72% of employers, there is no formal method for determining compensation for remote workers. (Salary)

• Over 97% of employers report they won’t reduce pay for partially remote employees. However, 21% of employers would adjust their salaries with respect to an employee’s contribution, geographical location, as well as concerns about company culture. (Salary)

• During the pandemic, 9% of employees relocated to another location making a return to the office full-time impossible. (Salary)

• 94% of employees believe that salaries should be determined by skill set and not where they are located. (Salary)

• If their compensation was lowered due to them working remotely, 83% of employees would leave their current job the same survey found. (Salary)

• 34% of workers said their employers should provide resources to establish a home office. (Prudential Financial Inc)

• If their compensation was lowered due to them working remotely, 83% of employees would leave their current job. (Prudential Financial Inc)

• 75% of employees say that cost savings is a major benefit of working from home, and over a third of them said they save over $5,000 each year by working remotely. (Zippia)

Learning while hybrid

• 57% of today’s learning and development professionals expect to spend more on online learning in the near future. (intuition)

• The eLearning industry is expected to grow to a value of 1 trillion US dollars by 2027. For reference, the market value in 2020 was estimated to be 250 billion. (intuition)

• Demand for online learning has increased by 400% since the onset of the pandemic and the shift to remote/hybrid working. (intuition)

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Benefits of hybrid work

• 81% of employees report that the number one reason they want a flexible job is to have better work-life balance. (FlexJobs)

• 75% of UK employees are happier working from home. (Huawei)

• 20% of global workers polled said their boss had stopped caring about their work-life balance during the pandemic, leaving 54% feeling overworked and 39% feeling completely exhausted. (intuition)

• As the hybrid workplace takes shape, 40% of people believe they can be productive and healthy from anywhere — whether fully remote, onsite, or a combination of the two. (intuition)

• Employee burnout is now a serious issue and 75% of workers in a recent study said they wished their employer provided some form of mental health support. (intuition)

• 26% of employees say hybrid working gives them a better work-life balance. (TravelPerk)

• A further 12% stated that this shift to hybrid work has had a positive effect on their mental health. (TravelPerk)

• 88% of workers the flexibility of hybrid working has increased their job satisfaction. (Ergotron)

• 56% of hybrid workers report improvements to their mental health since making the change. (Ergotron)

• Beyond fair pay, employees are looking to get the following from their employers: positive culture (46%), mental health and wellbeing benefits (42%), a sense of purpose/meaning (40%), flexible work hours (38%), and more than the standard yearly vacation (36%) (Microsoft)

• A sharp reduction in personal travel, including commuting to work, drove household greenhouse gas emissions down by 15 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2020. (Office For National Statistics)

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