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Will Work-From-Anywhere

Work for Consumer Goods?

BY LISA TERRY

The pandemic forced many knowledge workers to work from home or elsewhere — and many of them really liked it. According to Forrester, 55% of US employees hope to work from home more often, even after the pandemic ends. As businesses start to open up again, consumer goods executives are grappling with the changes this requires, balancing the environmental, employee satisfaction, recruitment, and other benefits with the downsides of a distributed workforce.

75%

of American Workers Prefer Not To Go Back to Old Ways

40%

35%

25%

want to go back to the office full-time

prefer to work from home full-time

seek a home-office hybrid

Source: Harris Poll, “'The DNA of Work Has Changed': Many Americans Want to Keep Working From Home After the COVID-19 Crisis Passes”

Read on to learn about the pros and cons of today's new work environments, and see which strategy is right for your business.