Paul Welty, PhD AI, WORK, AND STAYING HUMAN

Remote work and its impact on relationships

Remote work and its impact on relationships
Discover how remote work shapes colleague relationships, with insights on employee experiences and the current state of the U.S. workforce.

The key insights from this article are that nearly half of employees find it easier to build colleague relationships when working from home, while a smaller percentage find it harder or see no difference. The article also mentions that between August and September 2022, around 27% of the U.S. workforce worked remotely at least part-time, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, multiple academic servers suggest that about half of Americans worked remotely at least part-time.

Original article: Workers with in-person jobs spend about $51 a day that they wouldn’t remotely survey finds


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