While the widespread shift to remote work has been celebrated by many former office-workers, it’s been surprising to many observers the high percentages of those employees who are actually eager to return to the office, at least some of the time. Depending on the poll and when it was conducted, the proportion of workers who say they’d like to return to the office is not dramatically different than those who say they’d prefer to stay fully remote, as this Gallup data shows.
There are pros and cons to both a remote work and in-office arrangement: working remotely avoids hectic commutes and allows for greater flexibility in managing time; working in-office allows closer personal connections with colleagues and greater structure.
