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Monster poll finds 41% of workers would quit rather than return to office full time

November 13, 2023

Nearly half of workers, 41%, would rather quit than return to working in the office full time, according to poll results released Nov. 6 by Monster.

The survey of 2,000 workers found that the reasons they don’t want to return to the office include:

  • 66% say their overall mental health and wellbeing is improved working from home.
  • 58% have increased focus due to reduced social distractions.
  • 47% have reduced stress from avoiding a toxic work atmosphere.
  • 67% say their growth opportunities are not limited by working remotely.
  • 46% say that working from home actually improves their work relationships.
  • 43% feel more energized when working remotely.

The most popular benefit of remote work was not having to commute, which was cited by 63% of workers.

Presently, 52% of the workers in the poll are working remotely and 25% are working in a hybrid model.