The same percentage of employed people who worked remotely in 2023 is the same as the previous year, a survey found

The same percentage of employed people who worked remotely in 2023 is the same as the previous year, a survey found

Don’t call it work from home any more, just call it work. According to new data, what once seemed like a pandemic necessity has become the new norm for many Americans.

Every year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases the results of its American time use survey, which asks Americans how much time they spend doing various activities, from work to leisure.

The most recent survey results, released at the end of June, show that the same percentage of employed people who did at least some remote work in 2023 is the same percentage as those who did remote work in 2022.

In other words, it’s the first stabilization in the data since before the pandemic, when only a small percentage of workers did remote work, and a sign that remote work is here to stay.

  • Psythik@lemmy.world
    274·
    5 months ago

    It is? Then why can’t I find a single work from home job that isn’t a fake listing?

    • ladicius@lemmy.world
      16·
      5 months ago

      Found one real job this year without any problems. Maybe look worldwide? You’re not any longer bound to your city or your county when looking for 100% remote.

      I had to shift this attitude myself when I started looking around this year. Was used to only look for jobs nearby to reduce commute… Bullshit. Opened up for worldwide (English is business language nearly everywhere) and now happily work remote 100%.

      I wish you much success!

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
        7·
        5 months ago

        You’re not any longer bound to your city or your county

        And neither are people in every other country, including low wage countries…

        • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
          81·
          5 months ago

          That’s always been the case though. He’s have always outsourced to other countries but they can’t do it completely because the quality of the work just isn’t there. Because they’re not trained.

          • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
            2·
            5 months ago

            the quality of the work just isn’t there. Because they’re not trained.

            That hasn’t stopped thousands of companies from trying it, though.

            Often more than once… (including the company I used to work for - they’ve outsourced, and re-homed a couple of times in the years I worked there.)

          • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            One of the vendors I used to deal with had support engineers in 4 different time zones so there would be someone on day shift no matter when they needed to deal with a problem.

          • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
            11·
            5 months ago

            That’s an incentive to hire everyone in one hemisphere, unless we’re talking about a world wide company that needs people in multiple times zones.

      • Psythik@lemmy.world
        22·
        5 months ago

        Good idea. Thanks for the tip.

        BTW, which recruiting platform do you use? I’ve had zero luck on Indeed, LinkedIn, and Craigslist.

        • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
          6·
          5 months ago

          Every job I have ever had off LinkedIn has been because somebody contacted me, I just sort of maintain the LinkedIn site just in case somebody decides they want to head hunt me but I don’t really consider it anything other than a passive collector of information. Certainly wouldn’t use it as my primary jump hunting site.

          Also Craigslist? Unless you’re looking to be an organ donor I don’t think you’re going to have much look there

        • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          5 months ago

          If you’re looking for just WFH jobs, check out FlexJobs. There’s a membership fee, but because it’s oriented towards remote work and because the end users pay part of the cost, it filters out a lot of the bullshit jobs.

          • Psythik@lemmy.world
            1·
            5 months ago

            Man I was I was really excited for this one, given my shitty experience with job hunting in the past (as I’ve mentioned). So today I finally went to the website, filled out their survey… Got one job listing in my results, for a programming gig. Yes seriously, just one single shitty result. I don’t even know how to code. *sigh*

            Thanks for trying but I should have known better than to get my hopes up. Guess I’ll just die.

      • BigPotato@lemmy.world
        41·
        5 months ago

        But I’ve been driving up and down all the streets and can’t find any remote offices!

    • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
      51·
      5 months ago

      I literally have a company issued WFH laptop, from a company that now requires people to be in office again.

      It’s not the jobs it’s the middle managers and real estate.

    • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
      42·
      5 months ago

      Try reading the article? They are pointing out that the percentage of people who did at least some work from home did not decrease between 2022 and 2023. This is not even full WFH. So what we see now is probably what it’s going to look like going forward.

      I hate to be a dick, but if you’re struggling to find a job, and this is at all representative of your ability to do basic research, you have a glaring weakness that you can work on.