With businesses across the world seeing the benefits of a remote workforce over the past few months, returning back to the office may be temporary according to research collated by Instant Offices.
Their key research shows:
- 80% of workplaces in Germany now have a flexible work policy in place,
- 68% of German workers consider working from home as the new normal,
- 65% of UK workers are more productive in home offices than at their regular offices,
- 83% of UK workers feel they don’t need to be in the office to be productive.
With the research in mind, Instant Offices have delved into data and revealed the top ten countries that are currently leading working from home as the ‘new norm below:
| Country | Businesses with a flexible work policy | Employees who consider flex work to be the new norm |
| Germany | 80% | 68% |
| The Netherlands | 75% | 73% |
| Australia | 71% | 74% |
| USA | 69% | 74% |
| Canada | 68% | 77% |
| UK | 68% | 73% |
| Brazil | 67% | 72% |
| South Africa | 62% | 79% |
| Spain | 61% | 74% |
| France | 60% | 68% |
For more research, you can find this through the link here: https://www.instantoffices.com/blog/featured/right-to-work-from-home/