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Approximately 25% of U.S. employees work remotely, either all the time or part of the time.

Leaders and employees may see benefits and costs of remote work differently.

Face-to-face interactions may contribute to personal and organizational success.

The COVID pandemic (2020-2023) changed the world of work, especially for those who work in offices. In 2019 in the U.S., fewer than 6% of employees were working remotely. During the peak of the pandemic, surveys suggested remote workers, including those who worked at home part of the time, increased to over 50%. Today, surveys find about 25% of employees work remotely at least part of the time. Of these, about 10% work away from the office, mostly at home, all the time.

Attitudes toward remote work vary. In 2020 The Wall Street Journal published remarks about remote work from 19 CEOs in different industries: 9 remarks were negative; 3, positive; 7, undecided. Two concerns were the quality of work and productivity. Studies have found that usually these have remained the same or improved. But the CEOs expressed other concerns: the lack of social interaction could affect personal growth and professional development, and also........

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