{"id":20500,"date":"2020-07-02T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=20500"},"modified":"2020-09-18T00:34:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T00:34:52","slug":"new-survey-data-shows-possible-scenarios-for-the-future-of-offices-commuting-and-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/new-survey-data-shows-possible-scenarios-for-the-future-of-offices-commuting-and-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"New Survey Data Shows Possible Scenarios for the Future of Offices, Commuting, and Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

As businesses, governments, and cities are all in different phases of reopening, they are all in a constant state of evaluating what\u2019s safe, what\u2019s not, and what the next weeks, months, and years will look like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To gain a pulse check on how workers view the prospect of returning to some semblance of normalcy \u2014 and what their employers and the transit agencies many rely on can do to keep them safe, calm, and productive \u2014 we analyzed our latest general population survey of over 3,500 individuals worldwide. Here\u2019s an overview of what we found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The role of workplaces is changing, not disappearing<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An earlier wave<\/a> of our survey found a majority of the workforce working remotely \u2014 mostly for the first time \u2014 and high interest in extending such arrangements for the long term. Our latest data show that while workers are questioning whether a daily commute to a central location is truly necessary, they aren\u2019t necessarily looking to abandon their traditional workplaces completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just 37% of our survey respondents view full-time remote work as the most appealing long-term scenario. In contrast, 64% want to spend at least some of their working hours at an office, store, factory, or other type of workplace. Gen Z, which will soon<\/a> become the largest segment of the workforce, is particularly interested in a \u201chybrid\u201d approach in which time is split between home and the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Survey reveals generational preferences in work scenario<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n
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