Thursday, September 26, 2019

Where Do You Work?

Do you leave home and go to work every morning? The option to work from home has become an increasingly desired perk for a lot of employees. In 2017, a Gallup poll found that 43 percent of Americans worked remotely “at least sometimes.”

The next wave in this: Working from anywhere (WFA), in which workers can live and work wherever they choose, whether it be in the U.S. or even a different country. A new study shows that work from anywhere may even help people delay retirement.

In a study of U.S. patent examiners, the researchers noted that workers “who had been on the job longer — that is, those older and closer to retirement age — were more likely to move to retirement-friendly coastal areas of Florida and Texas than their lower-tenured peers.” The research suggests that offering a WFA policy could end up encouraging valued senior employees to remain in the workforce longer.

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