When employees can work from home, morale improves. Reports show that employees quit less often - saving on recruitment costs. And multiple reports have show than productivity does not suffer in hybrid work arrangements. As a result, many firms are bucking the RTO trend, offering high-paying jobs where people can work from home.

Many workers value remote work to such a degree that they’d take a pay cut to be able to work from home, even on a part-time basis, studies show.The prevalence of remote work ballooned during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A new study conducted by professors at Harvard found that 40% of workers would be willing to take a pay cut to keep working from home rather than return to the office.