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Samuel: Parents with young kids are most eager to return to offices

Alexandra Samuel · How to optimize your life experience (with The Honest Company’s Jessica Alba) | Masters of Scale · Dec 11, 2023 · at 25:55

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Data journalist and author Alexandra Samuel discusses findings from her research into workplace psychographics and remote work attitudes on Masters of Scale.

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“It actually turned out that some of the people who are most eager to return to the office are people with young kids, because it's super annoying to try and get your work done when the kids are pestering you.”

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Research into remote work preferences found that workers with young children are among the most eager to return to the physical office.

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Assessment

Survey research and workforce data on remote work preferences consistently contradict the claim that workers with young children were among the most eager to return to the physical office. Published studies show that parents with young children were actually among the demographic groups most strongly favoring remote or hybrid arrangements over full-time office return. For instance, a December 2021 McKinsey & Company study found that only 8% of employees with young children preferred a fully on-site model, while Future Forum (2022) reported that 75% of working parents preferred remote or hybrid work compared to 63% of non-parents. Furthermore, a 2020 Tribe, Inc. survey found mothers with young children were 96% more likely to prefer working from home full-time post-pandemic, while the cohort most eager to return to the office full-time was workers under 30.

McKinsey & Company (December 2021) found that only 8% of employees with young children preferred a fully on-site work model.
Future Forum (2022) found 75% of working parents preferred remote or hybrid work, compared to 63% of non-parents.
A September 2020 Tribe, Inc. study found mothers with young children at home were 96% more likely to prefer working from home full-time, whereas workers under 30 were the demographic most eager to return to the office full-time.
Alexandra Samuel's own co-authored October 2021 Harvard Business Review piece cited increased productivity and benefits for parents working remotely rather than demonstrating a disproportionate eagerness among parents to return on-site.

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