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Posted on January 13, 2024February 1, 2024 by Dan Ness

Home PCs shine again for remote work

The rapid spread of the pandemic caught many employers and employees by surprise. Most were unprepared to work remotely and many were uncertain how long they might be working remotely. Consequently, many workers simply used their personally-owned home computers to get work done. Although 2020 saw high levels of home PC use for work which then shrunk markedly in 2021, we’re now seeing a return to broad home PC use for work. Using a home PC for work activities is a widespread practice, even among workers who may have an employer-provided PC available to them when they are in the workplace. Although work email is a major activity for home PCs, there is a long list of work activities regularly done by many remote workers.

This MetaFAQ reports on the percentage of remote workers and workers who never work remotely that use a home computer for work-related activities. This is split by country. Further, this report details the list of work-related activities that remote workers regularly do with their home PC. Report [TUP_doc_2024_0113_hwrt] in TUP Lenses: PCs; User Profile; Households; Activities; Work/Life Balance

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CategoriesActivities, Households, MetaFAQs, PCs, TUP 2020, TUP 2021, TUP 2022, TUP 2023, User Profile, Work/Life Balance TagsBusiness market, China, Commercial, Employees, Employer-provided PCs, Employers, Germany, Home computers, Home PC activities, Japan, Pandemic, PCs, Remote workers, Remote working, SMB, Telework, Teleworkers, UK, US, Usage, User Profile, WFH, Work from home, Work PC activities, Work PCs, Work-related activities, Work/life balance, Workplace

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