Work Life Balance

Return to the workplace 2021 GLOBAL SURVEY
COVID-19 Survey

Workers want more flexibility from their employers after COVID

Survey of employed adults in 29 countries for the World Economic Forum finds one in four now working from home more often than before the pandemic; preference is for working remotely half of the time after it is over
Beyond Adoption: Measuring AI's real-world impact on people, work and communities
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Survey

Beyond Adoption: Measuring AI's real-world impact on people, work and communities

AI adoption is accelerating, but many organisations still lack the evidence to understand what it is changing for people, work and communities. By Alizée Fraudin, Leila Scott and Florian Richard-Dap.
Picture of woman sitting at a desk in an office
Consumer Behavior Survey

More workers are back in the office, at least sometimes

The number of workers who commute five days a week or more has risen to half (49%), according to the Ipsos Consumer Tracker
Chart showing that 65 percent of Americans say they’re satisfied with their commute, a drop of 13 points since 2024
Consumers Survey

Americans are getting less happy with their commutes

The number of Americans who say they're satisfied with their commute has dropped 13 percentage points in just one year, according to the Ipsos Consumer Tracker
Chart showing that three in five Americans believe their company aligns with their personal political beliefs
Consumers Survey

More Americans say their employer aligns with their political beliefs

More Americans now say their employer aligns with their personal political beliefs than last year, a 12-point jump to 61%, according to the Ipsos Consumer Tracker
Chart showing that 55% of employed U.S. adults want to work from an office most of the time
Work Life Balance Survey

Home, office or hybrid? How Americans want to work is slowly shifting

The number of employed Americans who want to work an office has risen, while the number of people who want to work from home has remained steady. On the outs? People who want an even split, according to the Ipsos Consumer Tracker.
Chart showing that 23 percent of Americans say they can work fully remotely
Consumer Behavior Survey

Fewer Americans say they have flexibility in where they work

Fewer employed people say they can always work remotely and more people say they are required to always be at their office, despite the fact that they could do the work from elsewhere vs. a year ago, according to new data from the Ipsos Consumer Tracker
Chart showing that 43 percent of Americans say they simply want to pay for living expenses in retirement
Consumer Behavior Survey

When it comes to retirement, people are dreaming small

Employed Americans' top priorities for retirement are day-to-day mundane things like living expenses (43%), paying down debt (31%) and medical bills (28%), according to new data from the Ipsos Consume Tracker.
Chart showing that 58 percent of women say it's important to advance in their jobs, compared to 73 percent of men
Consumers Survey

Women have less desire to advance their careers. Why?

Three-quarters of men (73%) say it's important to advance in their career, compared to only 58% of women. Key among the reasons why: Work-life balance, according to the Ipsos Consumer Tracker.
chart showing that 46 percent of workers have guidelines for coming to the office
Work Life Balance Survey

Hybrid work (and commuting) really seem here to stay

The number of employees who say their employers have set hybrid work guidelines has increased 9 percentage points in the last year, according to new data from the Ipsos Consumer Tracker.
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