Almost two-thirds of young workers have considered relocating to another part of the country as the potential to work remotely has meant they are not tied to living in the vicinity of their employer, new research carried out on behalf of Leitrim County Council has found.
The survey, which involved interviews with 1,000 respondents carried out in March found 22 per cent of them to be fully remote and high levels of approval among those in a position to stay away from the office in the aftermath of the pandemic.
More than half (56 per cent) of those working remotely said it was having a positive effect on their work-life balance and 60 per cent said they were better able to switch off at the end of the day.
Amid pushback from some employers who have raised concerns over a perceived decline in collaboration in situations where people are not attending the workplace together on a regular basis, 85 per cent of respondents to the survey said working remotely had resulted in an increase in their productivity.
