If you continue to work remotely, will you take a pay cut?

Some people who have switched to remote work due to the impact of COVID-19 may think that they do not want to go back to their daily routine of riding the commuter subway. A survey of US workers found that remote workers were more likely to take a pay cut or return paid leave if they continued to work from home.

With the COVID-19 delta mutation pandemic showing no signs of convergence, many U.S. companies are trying to reopen their offices. For workers who do not want to return to the office, the company is trying to attract workers to the company by holding a party to celebrate the reopening of the office and handing out prize money, free lunch, babysitting service, and even yoga service.

Breeze, an industrial accident insurance company, conducted an online survey of 100% remote workers and 1,000 job seekers looking for jobs to find out how much workers value remote work.

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As a result, 65% of all respondents said they would accept a 5% pay cut if they could work remotely. All generations consistently value remote work, and among them, generation X born between the 1960s and the early 1980s showed that nearly 70% of them wanted to do remote work even if their salary was reduced by 5%. Of course, when the rate of pay decline reached 10%, the number of respondents who answered yes to whether they accepted it decreased to 38%.

Breeze said that this result was as expected as baby boomers are a generation that is less likely to sacrifice welfare for remote work. did.

In addition, according to the cost of commuting, a pay cut is a reasonable compromise. According to a 2020 survey, those who commuted to work by car before COVID-19 could save an average of $2,000 with remote work.

Breeze asked about paid leave as well as salary. As a result, when asked if they would return one-quarter of their paid leave if they could work remotely, 46% answered yes, 23% of half of the paid leave, 17% of three-quarters, and 15% of all of them. .

Of course, one expert points out that some people mistake remote work for vacation, but this is wrong. also did Related information can be found here.