(Image via Pixabay.com)More of us are working from home than ever before.
New Eurostat figures shows there was an 18 per cent jump in the trend here in the three years to 2022.
Ireland has seen the biggest growth in the EU towards remote working.
In 2019, just seven per cent of Ireland's workforce worked from home.
The figure had risen to 25 per cent following Covid in 2022.
So the question begs then, is this trend likely to continue?
Mary Connaughton from CIPD Ireland, the professional body for HR, says it's affecting decision making:
"We're seeing that people, when they're changing jobs, are looking at what roles they go for and are now much more conscious of whether or not it'll give them the flexibility that they want."
But surely all of this working from home means offices could be sold off and possibly turned into housing?
Here's what Mary has found working in her field:
"Certainly, we're seeing this being an acknowledgement about whether or not companies need an office space and a lot of them have gone through an audit process to check what the actually need."
"We've even come across some organisations who have now decided to close their office Monday and Friday from a sustainability perspective. They can now not have the office up and running on a those days."
Experts believe Irish people will continue to champion working from home, having caught up with our European counterparts.
