Posted on 05/26/2022 7:05:46 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
As FOX 5's Tom Fitzgerald found out, it seems a lot of people who work from home say they have no plans to go back to the office anytime soon.
A new survey from The Pew Research Center shows surprisingly that a core group of American workers aren't returning to the office.
The survey cites research that says on a national level, people are working remotely about 39% of the time as of April. That’s compared to around after 62% in mid-2020 at the height of pandemic. Locally, D.C. residents said they worked from home 42% of the time, while in Maryland and Virginia workers said they stayed at home about 40% of the time.
FOX 5 spoke with DMV residents who said they are happy with having the flexibility to work from home, and believe that the trend will continue.
Worries about when workers will return to work is raising concerns about how downtown business areas will survive in the future. Analysts tell FOX 5 that downtown areas rely on a ripple effect of workers supporting small businesses, like lunch spot and service stores, but with employees not returning to work, those businesses will struggle.
Assistant White House Press Secretary Emike Simons tells FOX 5 – in addition to inflation - it’s a trend the Biden Administration is watching very closely.
"The pandemic has changed our lives in innumerable ways, there’s no doubt about it. But what we’re going to do is keep doing our best to keep supporting workers where they are, where they want to be and making sure that they have wages that bring home the bacon," said Simons. "I think it is a change, but I think it’s a change where people are still spending that money elsewhere people are going to the grocery store;"
(Excerpt) Read more at fox5dc.com ...
Downtown office buildings are dead. They’re never coming back.
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Peeeww researchers are surprised by this unexpected outcome.
but, in light of all the wokeness happening I don't want to go back into a building where I am confronted by signs asking if I'm an ally for homos, where I see trans unstable people walking around, folks who don't know which bathroom to use, etc.
i'm perfectly happy at my house working.
I hope not.
Right now working from home is the most sensible thing you can do ...
Joes prices at the pump requires it ...
Goldman Sacks, in NY City, was listening to their new mayor there and telling (forcing) their employees back into the office. Last week one of them took the subway to work on a Sunday. Big mistake - he lost, and now NYC is back to Square 1.
Sparks concern ping.
With a lot more employees working from home there is less demand for office space. Especially downtown.
Yeah, a whooole lot of concern gettin’ sparked out deah.
Who wants to be a sitting duck for garden variety criminals, perverts, BLM types, panhandlers and pantifa while dodging human excrement & needles? I don’t blame them.
“I hope not.”
Why? Urban centers are run by left wing lunatics who have defunded the cops, deny honest citizens the means to their own self defense, slapped ridiculous mandates and restrictions on people, destroyed businesses, and let feral Morlocks run wild.
No sane CFO is going to sign off on a $150 dollar/square foot lease.
Screw them. They voted for it. Let them get it good and hard.
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they are already working on that
supply chain will start not stocking rural and suburb areas due to gas prices
its already occurring in european countries
the small shops are not as stocked as the city large chain stores
and the small rural shops are looking out only for locals, not selling to strangers, their shelves are bare, but are keeping supplies in the back of the store for locals
Leaves plenty of office space for all the social workers the city will be hiring.
yup
Government works being allowed to work from home is a giant scam on top the biggest scam ever.
I’m hoping there is not a return.
Wow. If only rural and suburban dwellers could provide for themselves without cities to help them.
Oh, wait.
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