Remote working is here to stay. But who will be doing it?

-Questions remain about how persistent remote working will be post-pandemic.

-A fifth of the workforce in advanced economies can work just as effectively from home.

-The switch to remote working could exacerbate existing inequalities.

As the search for a vaccine to quell COVID-19 nears an end, many corporate executives and their employees are contemplating the future of the sudden involuntary experiment called remote working they conducted over much of 2020. Roughly 35 to 40% of employees in developed economies have reported working from home most or all of the time during the pandemic, a marked increase from the past.

Given the forced nature of remote work during the pandemic, questions remain about whether it will last as a work arrangement. While surveys generally show that executives plan to allow employees to continue working from home at least some of the time, interviews with executives present a much more nuanced outlook for remote work, with opinions diverging sharply even within companies.

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