The teleworking rose slightly in 2024 with a total of 3.19 million employed who performed their tasks from their home, either regularly or occasionally, which represents 127,100 more than in the last quarter of 2023.
According to the data of the Active Population Survey (EPA) published this week by the INE, 1,648,100 busy declared to work from their own home more than half of the days, which means 80,400 or 5 % more than in the last period of 2023.
Thus assumed 7.5 % of the total employed compared to 7.3 % of a year earlier
Next to this, 1,545,400 people occasionally teleworking, 46,700 or 3 % more than in the fourth quarter of 2023, representing 7.1 % of the total occupied compared to 7 % of the closure of a year earlier.
Employment record
All figures are framed in a context of employment record, with 21.8 million employed at the end of 2024.
And although they are far from the peaks achieved at the worst moment of the pandemic in relative values -when 16.2 % of those employed came to telework more than half of the days -Dob they were in 2019 with only 4.8 % of those employed who performed tasks from their homes.
The evolution of 2024 is part of a period in which some companies, such as Amazon or Goldman Sachs, have decided to end this work model in a generalized way, while other voices continue to value the distance performance also defended also between a majority between a majority of workers.
«Cases back to the office in large US companies are very commented by the media, but nor from far they represent the majority reality in the United States »explains to Efe the professor of the Economics and Business Studies of the UOC, Eva Rimbau, who points out that 80 % of the companies in the Fortune 500 list offer hybrid work.
«Since mid -2021, Teleworking levels in Spain have remained very stable, or even with a slight upward trend in the case of occasional teleworking. I don’t think anything has changed in the context to think that this trend will be reversed, ”adds Rimbau.
Detractors and deceptors of distance work
“Teleworking, which from the pandemic has broad support among professionals, especially the youngest, is still the subject of debate,” The KPMG consultancy, which stated that a broad percentage of managers did not see this model, indicated in a report.
Specifically, three out of four senior managers interviewed in Spain (78 %, 14 points above the global average) pointed out that by 2026 the completely face -to -face model will have already been recovered.
Among the arguments of the Detractors of teleworking is that the presence in the office strengthens business culture, It speeds up collaboration or learning processes and improves productivity.
An idea that, on the contrary, refuted another recent PWC report, the “Workforce Radar Report” related to 2024.
“The idea that being on site all day is necessary to establish and maintain a strong business culture is a myth,” he said.
Workers’ satisfaction
This study also indicated that the level of satisfaction of workers who had hybrid modality (teleworking and face -to -face) They had a higher level of commitment and felt better valued.
“Working at a distance allows the reduction of the displacements, with the consequent impact on the planet, and a greater labor and family conciliation, along with a better distribution of domestic work,” added another recent report by the UOC, which indicated the potential of development that it still has in Spain.
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