Today people do not have to clock in at the office every weekday: now the jobs go where the talents are! According to our survey, 83% out of 1,000+ employees spend at least an hour or two working remotely. See more prominent findings and a neat infographic in our blog: http://www.wrike.com/blog/04/06/2012/The-Past-Present-and-Future-Remote-Collaboration-Where-Does-Your-Team-Stand

1. Work, home or
work from home?
Key Findings from the Working Habits Survey!

2. Respondents’ job positions
15%
37% Team members
15% Managers
Executives
Business owners
33%

3. Where working time is spent
17%
Work remotely
Never work remotely
83%

4. Impressive pace of
remote collaboration expansion
Do you work remotely more than 2-3 years ago?
Business owners 47%
Executives 50%
Managers 47%
Team members 36%

5. The future of remote collaboration
2/3 of respondents believe
that their office will eventually go fully virtual
Every fourth respondent believes
that the shift will only take 1-2 years

6. Challenges of working remotely
22%
Lack of direct communication
37%
Hindered data accessibility
Poor visibility into colleagues' actions
19%
Other
21%

7. Benefits of working remotely
20% Saving time
41%
Increased productivity
10%
Focus on work, not office policies
Other
29%
89% of respondents consider remote work
as an important benefit in a job.

8. Sacrifices for the tidbit of remote work
78%
54%
31%
25%
Would accept Would accept Would forgo paid Would forgo free
reduction in salary reduction in cellphone plan meals
vacation

9. Almost 90% consider collaboration software
mission critical or important for virtual teams.
91% would give social communication tools up

10. Working Habits Survey
• Conducted in December 2011 by Wrike.com
• 1074 respondents
• Respondents from organizations of all sizes and
various industries