While Canadians work an average of 1.7 days per week from home, the survey found on average they desire to work from home 2.5 days per week
On average, Canadian employees desire to work from home 2.5 days per week, while their employers plan to offer only 1.8 days per week for remote work.Article content
The survey shows that work-from-home levels are higher in English-speaking countries compared to other regions. On average, employees in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K. and the U.S. work 1.4 days per week from home. In contrast, employees in seven Asian countries work remotely for an average of 0.7 days per week, while it’s 0.8 days for European countries and 0.9 days for Latin American countries and South Africa.
Globally, employees aspire to work from home for an average of two days per week, while their employers plan for 1.1 days of remote work per week. The largest gap between employees’ desired number of remote days and their employers’ is found in Latin America and South Africa, with a difference of 1.3 days. The smallest gap is found in English-speaking countries, with an average difference of 0.7 days.
Among the countries surveyed, 67 per cent of employees work on-site five days per week, while 26 per cent have hybrid arrangements where they split their work week between home and the office. Only eight per cent of employees work entirely from home.
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