Working life|Remote and hybrid jobs have remained, for example, in Asian and South American countries much less than in Finland.
in Finland remote work is very popular, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labor and the Economy (TEM). Elina Pylkkänen write the latest employment statistics publication published in connection with in the bulletin.
In the Corona year 2021, up to 41 percent of wage earners were working remotely to some extent, and still in 2023 the proportion was 35 percent.
According to Pylkkänen, remote and hybrid jobs have remained much less than this in Asian and South American countries, for example.
According to him, the effects of remote work can already be seen in the entire economy.
“The biggest hit from the explosive growth of remote work has been the accommodation and catering industry, the real estate and rental markets, the transport industry and logistics as a whole.”
According to Pylkkänen’s assessment, remote work and its spillover effects on the economy concern the largest cities more than smaller ones.
in Finland Remote work is the most common in Uusimaa. In Pirkanmaa and Northern Finland, the share of remote work is higher than the national average.
“Even in neighboring countries, the proportion of people working remotely has grown the most in the biggest cities after the corona virus, by 14 percent in Stockholm and six percent in Oslo. Converted into working days, it means that Stockholmers commute an average of 2.1 days a week, while Oslo residents commute 1.4 days a week.”
However, the comparison between countries is made more difficult by population changes as well as the economic structure of the countries, Pylkkänen reminds.
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