4 ms·

Gen Z hates working from home (2022)

2 points by MiguelX413 2y ago

foxyv 2y ago
I very much doubt this.
Suppafly 2y ago
I really wonder if the authors of these pro-business articles really believe what they are writing or if it's just a paycheck for them.
ConspiracyFact 2y ago
This doesn’t pass the smell test. Only a third of people in their 30s who can work from home want to do so full time? Try 90%. Something must have been wrong with the survey, or it’s just fraudulent.
sydbarrett74 2y ago
Real headline: 'TPTB* want Gen Z to hate working from home' *The Powers That Be
smarm52 2y ago
Such a stupid headline. The quote is: > According to a national work-from-home survey by economists at three universities, less than a quarter of 20-somethings who can do their jobs remotely want to do so full time. https://archive.ph/Ayjyk https://archive.ph/Ayjyk Which isn't backed up by the data: > The Gap Between How Much Employees Want to Work from Home and Employer Plans Fluctuates Near 0.5 Days > Employers Offer Fewer Fully Remote Jobs and More Fully Onsite Jobs Than Employees Want > Workers In Their 50s and 60s Are Fully On Site and Fully Remote More Often Than Younger Workers > SWAA Respondents Prefer Hybrid WFH (2-3 Days/Week) Over Fully In-Person Work By A Margin of 3.8-to-1 (With 57.4% of respondents preferring to work from home as compared with working on site every workday) > Even the Least WFH-Friendly Age and Education Groups Favor Hybrid WFH Over Fully In-Person Work by Wide Margins https://wfhresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/WFHResearch_updates_September2024.pdf https://wfhresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/WFHResear... I'm sure there's some "creative" reading of the data that supports the headline, but it's non-obvious how, and certainly not in keeping with any reasonable interpretation of the data and reality. Stretching credulity, this part: "less than a quarter of 20-somethings who can do their jobs remotely want to do so full time." could be related to the data item "SWAA Respondents Prefer Hybrid WFH (2-3 Days/Week) Over Fully In-Person Work By A Margin of 3.8-to-1", as a reading of the survey question compared working 2-3 days *in total* as compared to working full-time on site: > "How would you feel about WFH 2 or 3 days a week, compared to working at your employer's site every workday?" And so the headline may be based on this single poorly worded question.

2 points by MiguelX413 2y ago

I very much doubt this.

I really wonder if the authors of these pro-business articles really believe what they are writing or if it's just a paycheck for them.

ConspiracyFact 2y ago

This doesn’t pass the smell test. Only a third of people in their 30s who can work from home want to do so full time? Try 90%. Something must have been wrong with the survey, or it’s just fraudulent.

sydbarrett74 2y ago

Real headline: 'TPTB* want Gen Z to hate working from home' *The Powers That Be

smarm52 2y ago

Such a stupid headline. The quote is: > According to a national work-from-home survey by economists at three universities, less than a quarter of 20-somethings who can do their jobs remotely want to do so full time. https://archive.ph/Ayjyk https://archive.ph/Ayjyk Which isn't backed up by the data: > The Gap Between How Much Employees Want to Work from Home and Employer Plans Fluctuates Near 0.5 Days > Employers Offer Fewer Fully Remote Jobs and More Fully Onsite Jobs Than Employees Want > Workers In Their 50s and 60s Are Fully On Site and Fully Remote More Often Than Younger Workers > SWAA Respondents Prefer Hybrid WFH (2-3 Days/Week) Over Fully In-Person Work By A Margin of 3.8-to-1 (With 57.4% of respondents preferring to work from home as compared with working on site every workday) > Even the Least WFH-Friendly Age and Education Groups Favor Hybrid WFH Over Fully In-Person Work by Wide Margins https://wfhresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/WFHResearch_updates_September2024.pdf https://wfhresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/WFHResear... I'm sure there's some "creative" reading of the data that supports the headline, but it's non-obvious how, and certainly not in keeping with any reasonable interpretation of the data and reality. Stretching credulity, this part: "less than a quarter of 20-somethings who can do their jobs remotely want to do so full time." could be related to the data item "SWAA Respondents Prefer Hybrid WFH (2-3 Days/Week) Over Fully In-Person Work By A Margin of 3.8-to-1", as a reading of the survey question compared working 2-3 days *in total* as compared to working full-time on site: > "How would you feel about WFH 2 or 3 days a week, compared to working at your employer's site every workday?" And so the headline may be based on this single poorly worded question.