How long could your company sustain a completely remote workforce?

1-3 months8%

Less than 6 months30%

Between 6 and 12 months17%

Longer than 12 months33%

We can't have a completely remote workforce10%

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CTO in Transportation2 years ago

We are 100 per cent remote now and we were remote first since we founded the company 11 years ago. So the transition was painless and we only needed to streamline a few processes.

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Director in Manufacturing3 years ago

All of our knowledge workers could remain 100% remote with the collaboration tools we have (Teams/WebEx).   However obviously all factory workers need to be on-site.  That is probably 40% of the workforce

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no title3 years ago

Yes indeed, also I will throw in Zoom.

Head of IT in Finance (non-banking)4 years ago

As a former digital nomad, I'm used to remote work with teams I have never met in person.

However, made an interesting observation, that my arguments were not understood before covid. That has now changed with the enforced experience of the past year.

- Before covid: not a single day.
- After covid: forever!

And by the way, it's not a question of technology (that was ready since years), it's a question of mindset and leadership.

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Director in Manufacturing4 years ago

If you don’t include factory workers easily 12 months. However special engineering and scientific work is impossible remote. Who has a home electron microscope?

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CIO in Software5 years ago

I'm not saying it would be easy, but I do think if we had to we could adjust to all remote on an ongoing basis.  I hope we don't have to!

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