If you had a choice to WFH as much as you would like, would you consider relocating? Blind, an anonymous community of verified professionals with 3.6 million users, began a survey gauging whether tech and finance professionals, given a choice to work from home permanently, would consider relocating out of the San Francisco Bay Area. 15% of professionals on Blind have already moved.

1. Presented by
2020
COVID-19 Edition
of Working Professionals
The Permanent Relocation

2. The Bay Area

3. 15% of working professionals, have
relocated out of the Bay Area
since WFH began.
*Blind received survey responses from a total of 3,300 users.

4. 64%
59%
of working professionals would consider
relocating if given the opportunity to
WFH as much as they would like.
of working professionals would consider
relocating if given the opportunity to
WFH as much as they would like.
After accounting for those who already
left the Bay Area

5. Bay Area Highlights
Google
Facebook
Apple
LinkedIn
Amazon
Uber
Cisco
Walmart
Intel Corporation
Salesforce
Intuit
PayPal
Adobe
VMWare
Oracle
Lyft
0 25 50 75 100
Question: Since WFH began, have you
relocated out of the Bay Area?
Yes
No
17%
13%
16%
13%
16%
11%
11%
14%
24%
21%
16%
17%
13%
16%
5%
12%
83%
84%
89%
84%
87%
84%
95%
88%
87%
84%
87%
83%
89%
86%
76%
79%

6. Bay Area Highlights
Question: If you had a choice to WFH as much as
you would like, would you consider relocating?
Google
Facebook
Apple
LinkedIn
Amazon
Cisco
Uber
Walmart
Intel Corporation
Adobe
Salesforce
VMWare
Intuit
PayPal
Oracle
Lyft
0 25 50 75 100
70%
65%
62%
62%
61%
67%
62%
65%
60%
67%
58%
53%
64%
68%
47%
63% 37%
53%
32%
36%
47%
42%
33%
40%
35%
33%
38%
39%
38%
38%
35%
30%
Yes
No

7. Bay Area Highlights
Question: Post COVID-19, how often do you
anticipate to go into the physical office?
Google
Facebook
Apple
LinkedIn
Amazon
Cisco
Uber
Walmart
Intel Corporation
Adobe
VMWare
Intuit
PayPal
Oracle
Lyft
0 25 50 75 100
10.4%10%
9.7%
35.3% 29.4% 13.7%
58.3%
5.4%18.9% 40.5% 35.1%
48.9% 29.8% 12.8%
10.6%12.8%61.7%
21.6%
14.5%
Yes
No
Never 15.2%
16.2%
10.6%
16.4%
13.9
14.3%
22.6%
12.5%
7.3%
1-2 days per week 37.1%
39.0%
30.1%
39.1%
47.9%
41.8%
49.4%
45.1%
39.6%
3-4 days per week 29.5%
27.3%
37.2%
30.0%
33.3%
24.1%
26.0%
22.6%
37.5%
Everyday 18.2%
17.5%
22.1%
20.3%
11.5%
10.4%
Salesforce 16.7% 25.0%
14.9%
8.5%
16.7% 54.8% 16.7% 11.9%
18.9% 40.5% 29.7% 10.8%

8. Data By Company:
The data is cross-referenced across company and
region.
We were able to cross-reference the data between
users’ region and current employer revealing
additional data points and insight.
Link to data:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hHwkpuO
EXecHxrb7gTtLAJZHUMCgODLgNbB0CWY2ZIs/edit
#gid=1023317598

9. About Blind:
What is Blind?
Blind is a trusted community where 3.6MM+ verified professionals connect to discu what
matters most. Professionals anonymously communicate in private community chan els and
openly users across industries. The community shares advice, provides honest pers ectives,
discuss company culture, and discover relevant career information.
Blind is a platform for change. Our mission towards transparency breaks down profe sional
barriers, empowering informed decisions, and inspiring productive change in the wo place.
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risen by 12% due to COVID-19 changes working professionals have made to their 01(k)
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Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and uncertainty it has caused, the community on
Blind has been engaging with others to share questions from their professional and ersonal
lives. Through the freedom that only anonymity can provide, the honest conversation and
truths being revealed on Blind are unlike any other social platform. As such, we surv yed our
users as new issues unfolded over the past two months. Some topics include how
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What is Blind’s Mission?
In the COVID-19 era, users have been coming to Blind to talk honestly and freely ab ut the
effects across the economy, their work, and other aspects of their lives.
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