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While some organizations have embraced the idea of a remote workforce brought by the pandemic, others are urging their employees to return to the offices. The recent rise in the remote workforce has perhaps signaled a shift in the way employees feel about their workplace and careers. Top talent candidates are typically looking for benefits and employers who offer a better work-life balance option and the flexibility to work remotely or a hybrid option of some days working remotely. In a new recent study conducted by Tracking Happiness, found that the ability to work remotely was strongly linked to happiness at work. In the study, 12,455 employees were surveyed about their working conditions. The study found that on average employees who had the ability to work remotely had a higher happiness assessment score by as much as 20% (Tracking Happiness, 2022). The remote workforce evaluation has hit mainstream and we intend to explore the many different benefits for adopting a remote or hybrid workforce.
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To Cite this Article: Jaqua, T. (2022). A Case for a Remote Workforce: Why the Return to the Office is not Working. International Journal of Academic Research in Accounting Finance and Management Sciences, 12(3), 280–284.
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