How much flexibility do workers have

18 | People at Work 2023: A Global Workforce View
Workers working remotely/from home only
56%
32%
Workers working on-premise/in the workplace only
20%
27%
Workers working a mix of both (hybrid)
24%
64%
What policy does your current employer
have regarding where you work
Workers’ horizons are broadening. Freed from the necessity for everyone to live near the workplace, in some types of roles where it’s possible to be a digital nomad, the concept of remote working is taking on an international perspective. Almost half of workers (48%) say they have already relocated or are considering relocating overseas and still stay working for their existing employer. This is typically because their employer’s flexible working policy allows such a move (or workers assume they do, their job doesn’t require them to be in a specific location or they’ve seen others do it. Workers in Asia Pacific are most confident that they can do this (more than half (52%) say so compared to just over a third in other regions, as are men (52% versus 42% of women).
Indeed, nearly three in 10 workers (28%)
think that within five years, it will be the norm
in their industry to have the ability to work
anywhere in the world. Moreover, a third (33%)
believe that workers in their sector will get
full flexibility over their hours within this time
(provided they get their jobs done, based on
productivity and results metrics) and 28%