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New July 2025 paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the Global Persistence of Work From Home. Summary: 1) Paper surveys 42,938 full-time college educated workers across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia in 2022, 2023 and 2024/25. 2) Finds WFH rates fell from 2022 to 2023, but then stabilized through 2025. 3) This stabilization has occurred across all regions, industries, genders and ages. This matches data showing US WFH levels stabilized after 2023. 4) There are variations in WFH levels. WFH is highest in North America, UK, Australia & NZ, middle in Europe, and lowest in Latin America, Africa and Asia. We are firmly in the new normal on WFH. Hopefully, we can now move on to other topics, like debating the impact of AI on the future of work. with Cevat Giray Aksoy, Jose Maria Barrero, Steven J. Davis, Mathias Dolls and Pablo Zarate

Latest SWAA data finds firms with younger female CEOs have higher rates of WFH. Public figures pushing against WFH tend to be older male CEOs (e.g. Jamie Dimon). But is this just a small sample stereotype, or true across larger population samples of firms? To investigate we surveyed over 3000 US employees in June 2025. It turns out this anecdote holds true in the broad population. Older male CEOs have half the level of WFH of firms with younger female CEOs. This suggests in the longer-run WFH will grow as the younger CEOs become the industry leaders of the future. With Jose Maria Barrero Steven J. Davis Shelby Buckman Mert Akan & Hyoseul Kim

The definitive truth on Working From Home from the US Census. They surveyed an incredible *150,000 firms* from November 2024 to January 2025 finding: 1) WFH is here to stay: Firms predict WFH days a week will remain 1 day a week in 2029. 2) Industry is everything: Days a WFH is 2.9 days a week in Tech (Information) compared to just 0.1 in Accommodation and Food Services. 3) Businesses concern is productivity: 7% think onsite work is more productive compared to 2% who think WFH is more productive 4) Firms do not seem to track employees anywhere: 75% of firms report not tracking employees who WFH, while 70% report not tracking them on site. So finally a survey with such massive scale, coverage and professionalism it is the final word on WFH. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gkAuC6pW

The *definitive* WFH data. The U.S. Census Bureau surveyed an incredible 150,000 firms from November 2024 to January 2025 finding: 1) WFH is here to stay: Firms plan to keep 1 WFH day a week on average into 2029. 2) Industry is everything: Days per week WFH average a massive 2.9 in Tech (Information) and just 0.1 in Accommodation and Food Services. 3) Businesses worry with WFH is productivity: 7% think onsite work is more productive compared to just 2% who think WFH is more productive. 4) Most firms do not track employees: only 25% of firms report tracking WFH employees, and only 30% report tracking in-office employees. So, finally one survey to rule them all. A survey so massive, so broad and so professional that it is the final word on WFH. Will this stop the misleading anecdotes from some execs, office brokers and management "experts" claiming that WFH is ending? No - probably not - but at least we know the truth. Full Census data linked below.

The State of Flex webinar is back! Join Brian Elliott, Debbie Lovich, Rob Sadow and me for fresh data on workplace flexibility. Topics include: 🏢 Brian on Flex Index trends from 8,500+ US companies 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Debbie on Radical Employee Centricity 💪 Rob on the past, present and future of the Flex Index 💻 I will discuss "AI and WFH: parallels or substitutes?" Wednesday, June 4th 12-1pm Eastern Sign up:  https://lnkd.in/gb_cuTNG

The business case for hybrid: 69% of the Fortune 500 are hybrid WFH for managers and professionals. So while outliers like JP Morgan or AirBnB are mostly in person or mostly remote, the Fortune 500 runs on hybrid. From talking to dozens of Fortune 500 companies the rationale for hybrid is: 1) Recruitment and retention savings - employees value hybrid at about 8% equivalent of wages. 2) No productivity impact - employees get enough mentoring, innovation and culture from their days in the office. Quieter WFH days are great for deep work. Hence, hybrid is profitable for businesses. Fortune 500 companies care about profits and share price, hence they mostly operate hybrid WFH. Which exact hybrid policy is best? There is no one policy that is best as it depends on the role. The most common vanilla version is Tue, Wed and Thurs in the office and Mon and Fri at home. Data from the Flex Index and Brian Elliott.