It's estimated that some 6 in 10 Americans are working from home these days. The new work from home remote or hybrid situation is preferred by an overwhelming majority of workers out there in the market today.
They want flexibility, they want opportunity, and they want something that reduces the transportation time that they spend getting to work, as well as the other time they spend preparing meals or getting dressed for the job too. As far as time goes that is invested for that weekly paycheck it is much more than 8 hours daily that millions of people are sacrificing on a daily basis to make that money. They want something better, especially those who saw through the pandemic that they could effectively get the job done from home.
With remote working the situation changes things and this work opportunity reduces that time lost in a number of ways, it is also more cost effective because you are not paying for gas to get to work or preparing lunches for it etc. In several ways remote working increases the standard of living for people and this is why it is so valued by so many today, to the point that they are even willing to leave the position that they are currently at in order to find it.
Popular work hubs for remote workers
For those remote workers around the US we saw that they started moving to other areas because they were afforded that new flexibility over the last few years.
This might have meant picking up and moving out of the city, or it might have meant going to a different country altogether. There are other areas of interest where the dollars might go further and for a number of workers that means looking south to Mexico.
Mexico is one of the fastest growing remote work hub spots for people today. It's a beautiful place and it has a cheaper cost of living than many cities in the US. Can you see the draw for many? Some Americans are living here even if it means driving back regularly to work in the US too, the cost of living is just too good to turn down and put up with something worse on the other side. So why not do both? Work in one and live in the other, it's an idea that has been appealing to more and more.
Some of the top locations around the world today for remote workers include areas like:
- Toronto, Canada
- Madrid, Spain
- Berlin, Germany
- Dublin, Ireland
- Sydney, Australia
sources:
https://news.gallup.com/poll/355907/remote-work-persisting-trending-permanent.aspx
https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/28/23186112/us-flexible-remote-hybrid-work-survey-mckinsey
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/13/10-companies-that-switched-to-permanent-hybrid-or-remote-work-and-hiring-right-now.html
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-07-27/americans-are-flooding-mexico-city-some-mexicans-want-them-to-go-home
https://nomadlist.com/fastest-growing-remote-work-hubs