A report shows fewer Canadians are working from home than at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also found working from home had potentially important implications for society.

    • 🍆💦🍌🍆💦🍌@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      The summary misses that the baseline seems to be around 7.5% pre-pandemic. So we have almost 3x the number of people working from home now versus before.

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      10 months ago

      I don’t understand how that’s possible if only 40% of jobs could feasibly be done from home (2019 statistic). That means about half of all jobs that can be done remotely, are? That seems improbable. Thanks for that link BTW.

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        10 months ago

        YW! BTW, the report does a good job showing how actual and potential work-from-home rates vary a lot by industry, education, earnings, and urban/rural

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          Yeah but I really wouldn’t have thought the numbers would be so high. No wonder commercial office space is in such bad shape.