Thanks to continuing trends in technology, businesses are adapting their practices to support the idea of remote work, flex work and telework. Whether it’s to achieve a better work/life balance, to skip a hectic commute or to spend more time with family, knowledge workers all over the world are increasingly wanting the ability to telecommute at least part time. Earlier this year, PGi polled nearly 3,000 knowledge workers from all over the globe to gather insights on the changing nature of telework. From this survey, we’ve picked the nine must-know stats about technologies, perceptions and changing attitudes around telework:

1. NINE
STATSYOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
GLOBAL SHIFTS
IN TELEWORK
TRENDS

2. PGi polled knowledge workers all
over the world to gather insights
on the changing nature of
telework for the PGi Global
Telework Survey.

3. 60%

4. of knowledge workers work
outside of their office at
least one day a week.
Of those working remote,
want to telecommute more,
with an ideal frequency of
2-3 days per week.
50%

5. TRENDS
1
Laptops
2
Email
3
VPN
4
UC&C
5
Intranet

6. C O M M U T E S
50%
of teleworkers
reported daily
commutes
of 45 mins to an hour.
21%
Non-teleworkers
21%
18%
26%
14%

7. Top Benefits of
Telecommunting
1 2 3 4 5
ELIMINATES
COMMUTE
BETTER
WORK/LIFE
BALANCE
FLEXIBLE
WORK
HOURS
BETTER
PRODUCTIVITY
COST
SAVING

8. NEGATIVE ASPECTS
OF TELECOMMUTING
Alienation or
feeling
disconnected
Poor
communication
Not positively
accepted at
my company
Too many
distractions
Technology
struggles

9. 66% of non-teleworkers
said attitudes
toward telework
were becoming
more positive in
their organizations.