

1 in 2 people won’t return to jobs that don’t offer remote work after COVID-19.Only 10% say they want to return to their workplace exclusively. 58% of current remote workers would like this to be their primary way of working from now on.80% expect to work from home at least 3x per week. 92% of full-time workers expect to work from home at least 1x per week after COVID-19 guidelines are lifted and companies and workspaces are able to re-open.Facebook, Twitter, and Shopify were among many larger tech companies who made headlines in 2020 for making a permanent move to remote work.65% of startup founders stated that if stay-at-home orders were lifted tomorrow, they would not return their companies to the office.81% of workers think their employer will support remote work after COVID-19 (Owl Labs 2020).30% of IT executives believe that the most significant lasting change of the Covid-19 pandemic from a technology perspective will be the ability of workers to effectively incorporate online collaboration tools into daily work.When asked about the primary change to their work now that they work remotely, 41% of workers indicated that their collaboration and communication have changed the most.82% of workers would describe their company’s transition to remote work as smooth.86% of organizations incorporated new virtual technology to interview candidates due to the COVID-19 pandemic.2 out of 3 tech workers would leave San Francisco permanently if they could work remotely (Blind 2020).50% of people would move if they were able to work from home all or most of the time.Economists estimate that only 37% of jobs in the United States can be performed entirely at home.70% of full-time workers in the U.S are working from home during COVID-19 (Owl Labs 2020).Cisco had a total of 300 million Webex users in April 2020 and saw close to 240,000 sign-ups in a 24-hour period.

In April 2020, Google Meet added roughly 2 million new users each day and hit over 100 million daily Meet meeting participants.Microsoft recorded 200 million meeting participants in a single day in April 2020, which generated more than 4.1 billion meeting minutes overall.Microsoft reported 75 million daily active users of Teams in April 2020, an increase of 70% from the previous month.The Zoom mobile app was downloaded 485 million times in 2020.Zoom users have logged over 3.3 trillion annual meeting minutes.In 2020, over 45 billion minutes of webinars were hosted on Zoom.Over 90,000 schools used Zoom at the height of the pandemic.Zoom’s valuation exceeded $100 billion during the pandemic, a 383% increase from January 2020.Zoom had over 470,000 business customers as of December 2020.Zoom generated $2.6 billion in revenue in 2020, a 317% increase year-over-year.Zoom’s daily active users increased 2,900% in the span of 4 months during 2020.Zoom surpassed 350 million daily meeting participants in 2020.Zoom dominates 50% of the video conferencing market in 2021.76% of startup founders reported productivity has either maintained or increased as a result of working remotely during the pandemic.82% of company leaders intend to permit remote working some of the time as employees return to the workplace.97% of remote workers would like to work remotely at least some of the time for the rest of their careers (Buffer 2021).31% of business travelers plan to reduce their business travel post-pandemic because teleconferencing and remote working arrangements were as effective as being in the office and traveling.79% of workers think video conferencing is at the same level or more productive than in-person meetings.That represents an 87% percent increase from pre-pandemic levels. By 2025, 36.2 million Americans will be working remotely.The web and video conferencing market increased 500% in the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic.90% of North American businesses are likely to spend more on video conferencing in 2022.The video conferencing market is expected to surpass $50 billion by 2026.
