It affected the demographics and economy of the country

Remote working is reshaping America

Experts: Remote work has destabilized the so-called “knowledge industries”.

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Preliminary data released in the United States recently showed that the flexibility of working entirely from home affects the demographics and economy in America more than we realize.

The Corona pandemic has led to a revolution in work and a shift towards remote work from home or hybrid work (combining home and workplace), which is quietly reshaping the American economy and demography.

The Washington Post quoted economists at Stanford and Chicago universities as saying that the wave of remote work has destabilized the so-called “knowledge industries”, such as finance and information, a category of business that includes everything from working in the press to Technology developers, with an average of three out of every five working days, work from home.

Experts added that within each industry, there are certain categories of jobs that can work remotely, noting that the highest rates of remote work appear in the sectors of technology, communications, professional services, finance and insurance.

A Washington Post survey showed that 29% of employees able to work remotely have been working from home full-time since last June, down from 39% in February 2022.

He pointed out that the real revolution in remote work does not occur only with technology giants, but extends to construction companies that have found that this system provides a competitive advantage.

The building materials manufacturer, Inside Out, stated that it had not considered a hybrid remote working model for its 40-plus office workers inside its headquarters, but when the pandemic hit, the company adapted, getting rid of cumbersome workflows that required employees to pass files across offices, and relied on a simplified cloud database.

"We don't see any problem with hiring employees who can work remotely from anywhere in the country, as we found that many employees were more productive at home," said the company's chief financial officer, Kristi Allen Mortimer.

For her part, Yvette Cameron, vice president of Oracle Corporation, which specializes in human resources management programs, said, "Many employees continue to work in urban areas while moving to affordable suburban housing."

Two US states with remote jobs, New York and San Francisco, experienced the fastest population loss in their metropolitan areas.

“Population losses were greater in large urban states that before the pandemic had a large share of remote jobs and high housing costs,” said Adam Ozymec, an economist in the field of remote work.

He added that all of this is fully consistent with the fact that remote work is an important driver of population changes resulting from the pandemic.

Places with the highest rates of teleworking The places with the highest rates of teleworking in America include dense urban centers in Manhattan, New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, California, along with much of northern Virginia, including Arlington counties. Falls Church, Alexandria, Loudoun, and Fairfax.

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