Nearly 1/3 of professionals would quit if they had to go back to the office permanently.
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Employees around the world have settled into the rhythms of mandatory remote work.
Quitting vs Going Back To Office
On Blind, the largest anonymous professional community with 4M users from big tech, unicorns, and startups, a Microsoft user asked, “Will you quit if required to go back to the office for 50% of time or more?”
Key Learnings:
- Just under ⅓ of professionals said they would quit if they had to go back to the office for 50% of time or more
- 40% of Salesforce professionals said they would quit if they had to go back to the office for 50% of time or more
- However 80% of Tesla professionals said they would NOT quit if they had to go back to the office for 50% of time or more
- 63% of Netflix professionals said they would NOT quit if they had to go back to the office for 50% of time or more
You can see the raw data here.
Here are some comments explaining how users voted:
A Facebook employee simply responded “I want to go back.”
A Capital One employee said, “I would love 2-3 days in the office and 2-3 days from home.”
A Google employee said “I just want to be able to buy a house for my family and not commute 1+ hour each way each day. I’m even willing to commute 1+ hour each way once or twice a week, but 3 or 4 gets to be soul crushing.”
Another Facebook employee said “That’s surprising to me. Literally everyone in my org responded to a survey that they want to be back in the office.”
Now, as companies try to decide the best way forward for their workers, it’s clear that many employees don’t want the old normal office back. Will the popular hybrid model of work be sustainable?
