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January 27, 2024March 19, 2024

Tech buying plan trends are stronger among remote workers

With the onset of the pandemic, remote workers rushed to outfit their homes or remote working locations with technology to help them communicate, work, and otherwise be productive. During this time, not all workers could acquire the technology they wanted since only in some cases did employers provide the desired technology. Following this peak, most interest in tech buying plans has waned and reverted to the mean.

This MetaFAQs reports on the purchase plans for remote workers within the next twelve months. It includes mobile phones (smartphones and feature phones), computers (desktops and laptops), tablets, and printers from 2020 through 2023. Each trend is also compared to workers who never work remotely. Report [TUP_doc_2024_0127_plat] in TUP Lenses: Devices; PCs; Mobile Phones; Tablets; Consumer Electronics; Printers; Work/Life Balance

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January 25, 2024September 25, 2024

Printer market highlights and trends

The printer market enjoyed an early pandemic bump, but the long-term decline in printer use has returned, following the decline in computer use and the increase in smartphone, cloud, and social network usage. The latest generation – Gen Z – has not embraced printing, and when they do print, it’s often with a borrowed printer or printing service. A focus on certain groups of productivity and classic printing activities may renew attention to printing.

This TUPdate presentation highlights trends in the market demand for printers and printing, drawing on results from TUP in 2010 to the present, which are based on surveys of over 105,000 American online adults. In addition to printer-specific brands and printing activities, it includes the long-term trends affecting printers. These trends include: the growing shift to smartphone use, the declining use of personal computers, and the habits and preferences of later generations (Gen Z) versus those of earlier generations (Boomers and Silent Generation). It provides a review of printers in the market, who’s using them, why they’re using them (or not), and how forces in the economy and long-term trends in technology usage have an impact on the printer market. Report [TUP_doc_2024_0125_prtr] in TUP Lenses: Printers; Activities; User Profile

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January 21, 2024March 19, 2024

Most remote workers expect remote work next year

Who will be right—the employers or the employees? Nearly all workers currently working remotely expect to be working remotely in one year. While the majority expect a hybrid arrangement, a sizable number expect to be always working remotely. Americans have the strongest expectations of always working from home.

This MetaFAQs reports on the percentage of remote workers who expect to always work from home in one year, to never work remotely, and those who expect some hybrid remote work status. This is detailed by countries surveyed: the US, Germany, the UK, Japan, and China. Report [TUP_doc_2024_0121_fwft] 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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January 10, 2024March 4, 2024

If most workers get their way, remote work is here to stay

With the onset of the pandemic, substantial numbers of workers began to work remotely from home. Over time, some workers and employers shifted arrangements to result in a wide variety of approaches, with some workers never working from home, a few always doing so, and a large number in some hybrid combinations. Countries such as Japan and China had very different public policies than the approaches taken in the US and the UK. Similarly to many citizens and their governments, workers and employers have not always seen eye-to-eye about the policies around remote work. Workers in most countries surveyed have higher expectations that they will be working remotely in the future. Workers’ expectations have not changed substantially since 2021 except for in Japan, where remote working expectations have fallen.

This MetaFAQ reports on the percentage of workers (full-time, part-time, or self-employed) and their expectation of working remotely in one year, split by country. Report [TUP_doc_2024_0110_nwft] in TUP Lenses: User Profile; Work/Life Balance

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December 24, 2023March 14, 2024

Remote work arrangement trends in key countries

Nearly as many working adults regularly work remotely as those who never work remotely, at least in the US, Germany, and the UK. In Japan, a declining share works remotely in a hybrid arrangement or never works remotely.

This MetaFAQ reports on the remote work arrangements for working adults in the US, UK, Germany, Japan, and China, splitting out hybrid arrangements from those workers who never or always work remotely. Report [TUP_doc_2023_1224_amwt] in TUP Lenses: User Profile; Work/Life Balance

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December 23, 2023December 5, 2023

More workers use a home computer than a work computer

More workers worldwide use a home computer than a computer provided by their employer. Many factors contribute to this. Only a portion of workers are in occupations that require computer use. Also, the rapid onset of the pandemic forced many workers to work remotely before their employers could respond by supplying an adequate set of technology products. So, many employees put their existing technology to work to get their jobs done remotely. While some employers embraced the practice of BYOD – bring your own device – others chose to supply workers with technology devices that would help support the employer’s confidential corporate information. Decisions about remote work policies and the subsequent provision of in-home technology are still evolving.
This MetaFAQs reports on the average (mean) number of home computers and work/self-employed computers in active use by workers in five countries: the US, UK, Germany, Japan, and China. Report [TUP_doc_2023_1223_hwpc] in TUP Lenses: PCs; Work/Life Balance

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December 19, 2023January 5, 2024

Larger employers mean fewer remote workers

Larger employers mean fewer remote workers – Workers working for larger employers have lower chances of working remotely. Conversely, smaller companies are more likely to have employees working remotely at least some of the time. This relationship holds across all of the countries surveyed. One major contributor to this effect is that larger employers have a higher share of industries requiring in-person work, from retail to manufacturing.
This MetaFAQs reports on the percentage of employees who never work from home or remotely, split by country and their employer’s size in number of employees. Report [TUP_doc_2023_1219_nwfh] in TUP Lenses: User Profile; Work/Life Balance

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December 13, 2023November 20, 2023

Workers who never work from home have an older skew in only some countries

Remote working is slightly skewed towards workers who are under the age of 40 primarily in the UK, Germany, and China. In the US and Japan, there is less of an age difference. This reflects the digital capabilities of younger adults as well as the labor practices of countries. There is a difference, however, for those who always work remotely, whereas in the US and Germany, there is a stronger skew towards older workers.

This MetaFAQs reports on how often remote workers work remotely by age group and country.

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