In this Utah mountain town, a higher percentage of residents work remotely than in most cities across the country, a new analysis shows.
Most of those workers were white; Davis, Salt Lake and Emery were the only counties to see a significant increase in Hispanic working-age people, according to the analysis.
For her, the ability to move wherever she wants is a major selling point of remote work. She is thinking about moving somewhere new, and can live in any U.S. time zone.WeWork, which leases work space to remote workers, has two locations in Salt Lake City and two in Lehi. The WeWork co-working office at The Gateway in Salt Lake City is pictured on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. While few people were there ahead of Labor Day weekend, WeWork says it has seen an increase in memberships in Salt Lake City this year.
“Pre-pandemic, Qualtrics was about 95% working in the office, then went to 100% [work from home] overnight,” said Lauren Braun, a spokesperson for the company. She moved to Salt Lake City in September 2020, she said, to help care for her mother. At the time, workers in Palmer’s office building in California were being reassigned to different places due to a renovation, and her position already did not require much face-to-face contact with colleagues prior to the pandemic.
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