Nearly two in five (36 per cent) Canadian remote or partly remote workers say they would be willing to take a lower-paying job for the option to work from home, compared to a higher-paying role that requires full-time work at the office, according to an Ipsos survey*.
The same survey, which polled 585 Canadian workers aged 18 and older, reported nearly one-third (32 per cent) of respondents would change jobs if their employer required them to work exclusively from the office — and 15 per cent have already switched jobs for that reason.
According to Statistics Canada, four per cent of workers were working mostly-remotely in 2016, but by 2021, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that number increased to 32 per cent. Even when the pandemic is over, though, it appears workers are not eager to be back in the office full-time.
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