While work-life balance has always been a priority for Americans, understanding how the concept of remote work fits into the picture has been a bit of a challenge. Can employees truly be productive at home or outside the office? How can team camaraderie continue when members aren't together in one physical location? Seemingly overnight, these questions became top of mind as the COVID-19 pandemic drove nearly a third of the American workforce to work remotely. Those professionals demonstrated to many naysayers that working from home, well, works-so much so that one study reports a 500 percent anticipated increase in remote workers over the next year. What's more, the report found that 69 percent of people enjoy working from home more than they expected to, and 54 percent say they're more productive there.
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