As the debate rages over remote working with Canadian investor Kevin O'Leary recently questioning Elon Musk's reported description of the practice as 'immoral', the latest 'American Opportunity Survey' from Mckinsey finds a majority of employees favor working from home for at least part of the week.
The third edition of McKinsey’s American Opportunity Survey provides us with data on how flexible work fits into the lives of a representative cross section of workers in the United States.
McKinsey worked alongside the market-research firm Ipsos to query 25,000 Americans in spring 2022 (see sidebar, “About the survey”).
The most striking figure to emerge from the research is 58 per cent.
That’s the number of Americans who reported having the opportunity to work from home at least one day a week.1 Thirty-five per cent of respondents report having the option to work from home five days a week.
What makes these numbers particularly notable is that respondents work in all kinds of jobs, in every part of the country and sector of the economy, including traditionally labeled “blue collar” jobs that might be expected to demand on-site labor as well as “white collar” professions.
