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By 2024, at least 40% of all remote access usage will be served predominantly by zero trust network access , up from less than 5% at the end of 2020. While most of these organizations will not completely retire all their client-facing VPN services, ZTNA will become the primary replacement technology. Despite, in some cases, being in more meetings at work, that interaction may not have led to a feeling of connection. A small majority of people who started working remotely due to COVID-19 feeling less connected to their coworkers.<\/p>\n
26% of U.S. employees work remotely, as of 2022. There are expected to be 36.2 million American employees working remotely by 2025. 40% of workers believe that they've been more productive while working at home during the pandemic, as opposed to the office. 16% of U.S. companies are fully remote.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
2022 Return to Work Trends Survey by the Achievers Workforce Institute shows that about 61% of employers would like to continue operating completely or partly remotely. Some work remotely 5 days a week and meet their teammates only on special occasions \u2014 like team building activities or other corporate events. Unlike France and Japan, where most companies don\u2019t support remote work, there are countries that are more likely than others to allow their employees to work from home. Employers are required to provide remote employees with necessary work tools\/equipment and bear their installation, repairs, and maintenance costs. What\u2019s more, 68% of their employees think flexible work is the new norm.<\/p>\n
There is little agreement among employees regarding how often and when they want to go to the office. When asked to name the top three reasons for their work location preference, those who say hybrid or exclusively remote work is ideal are most likely to cite the lack of commute time. Improvements to their wellbeing and the flexibility it affords are the next two highest-ranked reasons.<\/p>\n