{"id":20337,"date":"2020-05-11T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=20337"},"modified":"2020-09-18T00:35:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T00:35:03","slug":"new-data-shows-the-changing-nature-of-work-amid-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/new-data-shows-the-changing-nature-of-work-amid-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"New Data Shows the Changing Nature of Work Amid COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Click <\/i>here<\/i><\/a> to explore data across demographics and geographies.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past two months, our kitchens, living rooms, and basements have become offices, Zoom meetings have replaced face-to-face encounters, and weekly unemployment numbers have set record after record. To say that the nature of work has changed would be an understatement, and the implications will last long after this crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Salesforce survey of 3,542 members of the general population \u2014 2,204 of whom are employed on a part- or full-time basis \u2014 across six major countries provides detail on how the crisis is impacting workers of different backgrounds, and hints at what employers can do to build resilience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some key findings from our sample of the U.S. workforce:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Younger workers fear job loss<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Forty percent of the U.S. workforce is extremely or quite concerned about the security of their jobs. 47% go as far to say that they\u2019re worried about losing their current positions. While this concern is relatively stable across income brackets, generational divides are apparent. 57% of millennials in the U.S. are worried about losing their jobs, versus just 31% of baby boomers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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