Remote Working & Telecommuting (Virtual Communication) Stats
Remote Working Trends
52% of employees around the world work from home at least once per week. (
Owl Labs)
When asked if participants were interested in making a career transition to a career that lets them work from home permanently,
69.41% said yes. (
Virtual Vocations)
97% of workers say a job with flexibility would have a positive effect on their quality of life. (
FlexJobs)
About
34% of U.S. employees are willing to accept a pay cut up to 5% to work from home. (
Owl Labs)
80% of survey respondents agree that having the option to work remotely would make them happier, feel more trusted, make them less likely to leave, make them less stressed. (
Owl Labs)
68% of respondents claim that they were very successful in working from home during the pandemic switch. (
Global Workplace Analytics)
70% of the respondents who are managers of employees working remotely said that remote working is the same for their team’s performance and productivity. (
Global Workplace Analytics)
Good virtual teammates have the following traits: share information (
19%), collaborative (
18%), proactively engaged (
17%), and organized (
14%). (
Culture Wizard)
By 2028, one study predicts that
73% of all departments will have remote workers (
Fundera)
The greatest challenges for remote workers during remote meetings include interruptions (
67%) and IT issues such as set-up, video and audio quality (59%). (
Owl Labs)
When working from home, the most important communication tools needed by employees and employers are email, phone calls, and video meetings. (
Virtual Vocations)
Most remote workers consider email as the primary method of communication. This is followed by instant messaging and video chat. (
CoSo Cloud)
The most beneficial contact methods between remote teammates include: face-to-face meetings (
93%), conference calls (
93%), and video conferencing (
84%). (
Culture Wizard)
14% of remote workers attend more than 10 meetings per week as opposed to only 3% of on-site workers. (
Owl Labs)
During the pandemic,
26% of businesses provided employees with access to communication technology. This demonstrates that communication is an important component of the virtual team culture. (
Clutch)
Technologies used by virtual teams include: virtual private networks (
39%), cloud-based file management tools (
36%), instant messaging service (
34%), and collaboration software (
13%). (
Staples)
Technology requirements needed for remote working include: site-to-site VPN (
41%), data security solutions (
41%), IP telephony solutions (
39%), employee monitoring (
33%), and remote cybersecurity systems (
19%). (
International Workplace Group)
72% of respondents claimed they had everything they needed at home for smoothly working from home. About 86% said that they had technological knowledge, equipment, and the necessary skills (web/video conferencing, team collaboration tools, etc.) to perform effectively while working remotely. (
Global Workplace Analytics)
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Business Communication Stats: 2026
