Wednesday 2 November 2022 08:55 AM Adverts for remote jobs decline for FIFTH month in a row as work from home ... trends now
The proportion of jobs offering remote working has dropped for the fifth month in a row as businesses accelerate their return to the office, new figures show.
Just 12 percent of jobs being advertised in September were for positions offering remote working, compared to 16 percent in January.
This marks the lowest proportion of jobs being advertised as remote since September 2021, when the job market took off again after the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The figures, produced by jobs site LinkedIn, also found the 75 percent of executives intend to reduce homeworking, driven by the poor economic outlook, The Telegraph reports.
Managing Director for LinkedIn Europe Josh Graff told the paper: 'The balance of power is starting to shift back to employers as economic storm clouds gather and hiring slows.
'We're already seeing companies freeze hiring and request that employees return to the office.'
He added: 'Flexibility will increasingly become a survival issue for many businesses. Companies that pull back on flexible working and learning and development risk demotivating their workforce and pushing people to competitors that offer more attractive options.'
Managing Director for LinkedIn Europe Josh Graff said the site is seeing employees freeze hiring and ask workers to come back into the office
According to the figures from LinkedIn 75 percent of executives want their employees to return permanently to the office
It comes after statistics earlier this year showed that more than one in three Londoners were working from home between January and March.
This equated to just under two million employees, thought to include 367,000 commuters who had previously travelled from a different
