White and Higher-Income Workers Most Prevalent Among Home-Based Workers (2024)

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What percentage of workers prefer to work from home? ›

The report finds that 63% of people say “having remote work” is what's most important to them in a job, even ahead of salary (61%), having a flexible schedule (55%), work-life boundaries (54%), or having a good boss (48%). According to FlexJobs, 95% of workers want some form of remote work.

The vast majority (90.2%) of domestic workers are women; just over half (51.3%) are Black, Hispanic, or Asian American and Pacific Islander women; and they tend to be older than other workers.

Over half were foreign-born (58%), with the majority from Mexico (41%), the Philippines (11%), and El Salvador (10%). The vast majority of domestic workers were middle-aged or older.

A study by Standford of 16,000 workers over 9 months found that working from home increase productivity by 13%. This increase in performance was due to more calls per minute attributed to a quieter more convenient working environment and working more minutes per shift because of fewer breaks and sick days.

However, it appears likely that remote work will remain in substantially higher demand than before the onset of the pandemic. Workers indicate a high preference for WFH, and a hybrid WFH pattern that offers between two and four days of remote work per week appears to be the preferred option for many.

A recent study reported in Forbes found that “workers who worked from home 100% of the time were 20% happier on average than those who didn't have the ability to work from home.” That study also found “a strong correlation between work happiness and overall happiness.” Another study found that “people who have the ...

Between 2015 and 2018, the white working class shrank by 2.6 million people and its share decreased to 40% of the population in 2018. The data indicate that the non-Hispanic white working class' decline in absolute numbers has been consistent for many years.

The workforce has become more diverse

The long-term BLS data shows that the non-white share of US workers increased to 22.3% in 2019 from 11.7% in 1979, and the fraction of Hispanic or Latino workers, of any race, has increased from 5% to 18%.

An example of a demographic collected in human resources is gender, which may include all employees within a particular job, e.g., Early Childhood Educator. Other demographics include age, length of service and educational level.

Both these images reflect strained relationships between the oppressed and the oppressor, and little agency to the black women. Moreover, black women who worked as domestics during the 1950s and 1960s were generally treated as poor, uneducated, child-like creatures (Thompson, 1988).

What are the disadvantages of domestic workers? ›

Domestic service dropped by more than half between 1940 and 1950. After the war, wages remained high. In a bid to sidestep labor laws, employers paid nannies and cleaners under the table instead of hiring servants full-time. Slowly, women began to take over housework themselves.

Many managers worry that people slack off when they work from home. There's the thought that if the boss isn't there to keep an eye on them, they'll spend time binge-watching TV, doing laundry, and, well, not getting things done.

Proximity bias is a workplace tendency where leaders give preferential treatment to in-office employees, at the expense of remote workers.

In a fall Resume Builder survey of 1,000 company leaders, 90 percent indicated they planned to return workers to the office by the end of 2024.

Remote work is here to stay

The share of employees working remotely worldwide increased significantly in recent years, rising from 20 percent in 2020 to 28 percent by 2023. The technology industry had the highest share of employees working primarily remotely by industry, with 67 percent of employees reporting so.

Three quarters (73 per cent) of employees say they are more productive when working from home, a new LinkedIn poll by People Management has revealed. The remaining 27 per cent of the 1,590 employees polled say they found they were more productive when working from the office.

The survey found 55% of employees said they put in more hours while working remotely than at the office. Plus, 83% of remote workers said they “feel” they operate at the same or higher level than when in the office.