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March 18, 2024October 17, 2024

Younger workers extend remote working trend

The early pandemic shift to working remotely remains an expectation among workers across more than one developed country. Over the last three years, most workers in nearly every country surveyed expect to continue working remotely. The age gap is widening, with the highest share of remote work expectations among younger workers.

This MetaFAQs reports on the percentage of online workers across the US, Germany, the UK, Japan, and China who expect to work remotely one year in the future, split by those aged 18 to 39 and those aged 40 and above. Report [TUP_doc_2024_0318_owft] in TUP Lenses: User Profile; Work/Life Balance

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March 14, 2024June 11, 2024

Online workforces continue to decline

The labor market status is a major macroeconomic factor in understanding and measuring market demand. Technology products such as computers and smartphones are susceptible to these economic shifts. Fewer workers mean fewer duplicated resources, such as workers using a home-owned computer as well as one that is provided by their employer. Also, a smaller workforce can mean slower economic growth overall, to the extent that there is less earned income in the economy. The advent of gig workers in some countries, many of whom identify as self-employed, has also expanded the labor pool to some extent.

This MetaFAQs reports on the percentage of online adults who are employed full-time, part-time, or self-employed by country. Report [TUP_doc_2024_0314_empt] in TUP Lenses: User Profile; Households

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February 24, 2024October 17, 2024

Remote work rates continue their slow decline, favoring no single age group

Remote working rates continue to hover around the midway mark across the US, Germany, and the UK. In Japan, the rates are lower and among China’s socioeconomic elite, rates are higher. In all countries surveyed except China, the remote working rate is somewhat lower than in 2021. No single age group has significantly higher or lower remote working rates.

This MetaFAQs reports on the percentage of working adults who ever work remotely, split by country and age group. Report [TUP_doc_2024_0224_ywft] in TUP Lenses: User Profile; Work/Life Balance

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February 14, 2024April 24, 2024

Work PCs still trail home PCs even as home PC usage drops

Many more workers use a home PC than a work PC, although the trend in some countries is that some medium-sized and larger employers are providing computers. Even as home PC usage continues its decline, employed home computer users still far outnumber work PC employees.

This MetaFAQs reports on the percentage of US, German, UK, Japanese, and Chinese workers who use a home PC and an employer PC, split by employer size. Report [TUP_doc_2024_0214_hwpt] in TUP Lenses: PCs; Work/Life Balance; User Profile

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February 9, 2024March 4, 2024

Older workers anticipate workplace return

Worldwide, older workers express less likelihood of working remotely within a year’s time. Half or more of workers aged 40 and up in the UK and Germany do not expect to be working remotely in one year. Among younger adults in the UK and Germany, the share is closer to 40%. In all countries surveyed except Japan, younger adults have a lower share that do not expect to be working remotely in one year.

This MetaFAQs reports on the percentage of working online adults– full-time, part-time, or self-employed– who do not expect to be working remotely in one year. These results are based on responses from 7,842 online adult workers in the US, Germany, UK, Japan, and China. Report [TUP_doc_2024_0209_owfh] in TUP Lenses: User Profile; Work/Life Balance

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February 6, 2024April 23, 2024

The remote work age gap is narrowing in most countries

With the onset of the pandemic, there were many divisions between those who worked remotely and those who never worked remotely. One distinguishing characteristic was the employee’s age, although this factor is associated with many other socioeconomic characteristics. From a broad under-40 and 40-plus perspective, employees further along and in more information-oriented professions had higher remote working rates, while younger adults starting their careers had lower rates.
Since 2021, the age gap between remote and non-remote employees has narrowed in most of the countries surveyed—the US, Germany, the UK, and Japan.

This MetaFAQs reports on the percentage of employees who never work remotely by country and age group (18 to 39 and 40+), detailing the trend from 2021 to 2023. Report [TUP_doc_2024_0206_wfht] in TUP Lenses: User Profile; Work/Life Balance

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February 5, 2024March 11, 2024

Workers are just over half of all online adults, except in China

Between one-half and six-tenths of online adults in the US, Germany, UK, and Japan are working. Among China’s higher-educated elites, the working rate among online adults is higher. In other words, the US has the broadest use of connected technology beyond working adults.
This broad measure focuses on online adults of any age who are gainfully employed, which contrasts with labor force measures. Governmental measures of the active labor force are generally limited to specific age ranges such as ages 16 to 64 and only includes persons reporting that they are actively looking for work.

This MetaFAQs reports on the percentage of online adults currently working full-time, part-time, or self-employed.
Report [TUP_doc_2024_0205_empl] in TUP Lenses: User Profile; Households

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January 29, 2024May 20, 2024

Remote worker dominance trends downwards slightly in many countries

Remote workers make up nearly half of online workers in the US, Germany, and the UK. In Japan, remote working rates are lower, and among China’s socioeconomically elite online workers, the rates are higher. Smaller employers generally have the highest percentage of workers working remotely, although the pattern is not significantly different among medium and large employers. Remote working rates in 2023 are slightly lower in 2023 than in 2022, although not substantially so.

This MetaFAQs reports on the number of online adults working remotely in the US, Germany, the UK, Japan, and China, split by the employer’s size. Report [TUP_doc_2024_0129_remt] in TUP Lenses: User Profile; Work/Life Balance

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January 13, 2024February 1, 2024

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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January 11, 2024March 14, 2024

Remote work rates vary by age and country

There is a global age skew towards few older adults working from home or remotely, although this pattern varies by country. In the US and Germany, the distribution is bimodal, with the highest share of not working remotely being among the youngest and oldest workers. For workers in the UK and China, the picture is different, with a stronger skew against older workers working remotely.
This MetaFAQs reports on the percentage of online workers who worked from home in the prior 30 days by age group and country. Report [TUP_doc_2024_0111_ywfh] in TUP Lenses: User Profile; Work/Life Balance

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