Like it or not, work-from-home (WFH) is here to stay. This is not just a perk that employers might offer, but a requirement on which many employees, current and future, are demanding. According to several surveys, between 30 and 50 percent of employees surveyed said they would leave their jobs if they could not work remotely.

This pushback against return-to-work has left employers, those who were planning on full return-to-work for their employees, to quickly pivot and reconsider at least hybrid work for their workforce. Fortunately, several studies and employers’ own experience has shown that productivity has not flagged during the past year, and in many cases has soared. Coupled with the ability to get rid of expensive office space and its overhead, even those employers who were at first reluctant can feel a bit more confident with some amount of work-from-home.

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