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Hybrid Work

What We Measure
We track the percentages of exclusively remote, hybrid and on-site employees and explore their experiences in those work arrangements.
U.S. Work Locations (Remote-Capable Jobs)
Exclusively Remote
28%
1
Hybrid
51%
1
On-Site
21%
Why it matters

Why Does Your Hybrid Work Strategy Matter?

Crafting a long-term hybrid work strategy requires a clear understanding of how organizations are structuring remote work flexibility and what is working best for employees, especially given that five in 10 full-time U.S. employees have remote-capable jobs.

To remain competitive, organizational cultures need to reflect that they provide what employees are looking for.

1. Where Are People Working Now and Into the Future?

Gallup's latest insights show that the majority of remote-capable employees are currently working in a hybrid or exclusively remote arrangement, and the ability to work in a hybrid arrangement is what a majority of remote-capable employees want. Six in 10 employees with remote-capable jobs want a hybrid work arrangement. About one-third prefer fully remote work, and less than 10% prefer to work on-site.

2. How Does Remote Flexibility Influence Employee Engagement and Wellbeing?

3. What Are the Advantages and Challenges of Hybrid Work?

Hybrid employees feel strongly about the advantages of their work arrangement — the top benefits of hybrid work are selected two to three times more than the top challenges. In fact, six in 10 remote-capable employees who work exclusively remotely now say they're extremely likely to look for a new job if remote flexibility is taken away.

4. Who Should Own Your Team's Hybrid Work Policy?

Work teams that set their hybrid policy together are the most likely to say that the policy is fair and has a positive impact on collaboration, but only 11% of employees benefit from this approach.

Results for the Gallup poll of U.S. employees are based on self-administered web surveys of a random sample of adults who are aged 18 and older, working full time or part time for organizations in the United States, and members of the Gallup Panel. Gallup uses probability-based, random sampling methods to recruit its Panel members. Gallup weighted the obtained samples to correct for nonresponse. Nonresponse adjustments were made by adjusting the sample to match the national demographics of gender, age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, education and region. Demographic weighting targets were based on the most recent Current Population Survey figures for the aged 18 and older U.S. population. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.

Gallup defines “exclusively remote” as employees working from home or a remote location 100% of the time. “Hybrid” employees are those who work from home or a remote location 10% to less than 100% of the time. “On-site” employees work from home or a remote location 0% to less than 10% of the time.

In line charts on this webpage, Gallup labels some data points with a year and month. Years that have only one data point labeled with the year and "Jan" (abbreviated for "January") reflect annual survey results. Years that have one data point labeled with a specific month besides January or that have multiple data points labeled with specific months reflect results obtained during the noted month(s). When Gallup’s survey field dates for one data point occur in more than one month, Gallup labels the data point with the ending month.

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