Work-from-home positions are getting tougher to find as more companies call employees back to the office
This seems to be the trend with big companies, while small start ups are heading in the opposite direction and allowing telework.
According to job site Indeed, jobs in tech, finance and accounting are now pulling people back to the office. This is interesting since these fields were among the first to encourage remote work.
Now, legal and hospitality jobs that were slower to adopt work-from-home strategies are becoming more comfortable with the set-up.
In late October 2024, 7.8% of all Indeed job postings noted the potential hire could work from home full-time or part-time.
That’s down from a peak of 10.4% remote or hybrid job ads in February 2022. However, it´s still up from 2.6% before the pandemic.
Most of the decline in the share of remote or hybrid job openings can be traced to a drop in listings overall in tech and finance sectors.
Over the past year, job postings offering remote work dropped in 46% of sectors, Indeed figures show.
But why ask employees to RTO? Companies believe more collaboration and innovation occur when workers are together.
In recent months, Amazon, Citigroup, UPS and Walmart have ordered most or all employees back to the office full-time.
The sliding share of remote job ads doesn’t necessarily reflect the portion of U.S. employees working at home.
About a third of all employees work remotely at least part-time, including 90% of the mostly white-collar labor force.
