Daily Document Update: HR Compliance Library, ?46,498, Survey reveals benefits sought by remote workers, including full-time telecommuting status over unlimited PTO — SURVEY RESULTS, (Nov. 21, 2019)

摘要

A survey from Virtual Vocations reveals that when it comes to employee benefits, remote professionals are just as interested as their traditional counterparts—but not all remote professionals are getting what they ask for. Over 4,600 responses were submitted to the company's survey, which ran from Oct. 7 to 11, 2019. Of those respondents, 82.81 percent said they'd rather work from home full-time than have unlimited paid time off (PTO), a sign that day-to-day flexibility is more important to working professionals than extra vacation time. In fact, nearly three-quarters (73.47 percent) of respondents said they were willing to take a 20 percent reduction in pay to work from anywhere. But it isn't just flexibility that matters to remote jobseekers. Less than 15 percent of those surveyed reported being "very satisfied" with their current benefits package, and nearly one-quarter of respondents were "not satisfied" at all. While jobseekers remain split on whether they'd prefer a job with higher pay and no benefits (54.55 percent) or lower pay and more benefits (45.45 percent), more than 80 percent of those surveyed agreed that they'd prefer "a few major benefits" like health insurance and retirement planning over perks like gym memberships and paid time off to volunteer.