If you’re reading this from the comfort of your desk at home you might not want to head back into the office anytime soon.
The push and pull between workers, their employers, and the office has been a years-long battle in the wake of the pandemic. And a new survey update shows how much remote workers value the ability to work from home — and what it may cost for firms to lure them back in.
The latest iteration of the monthly Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes looks at how much the ability to work from home is worth to workers; the survey, which has been ongoing since May 2020, is conducted in monthly waves of thousands of Americans ages 20 to 64.
The September survey of 9,457 Americans finds the typical worker who has worked from home at some point since 2020 said they would require an average of around 7.6% more pay to clock in fully …