Failure to recognize hardworking remote workers, alongside failure to offer the popular, in-demand option at all, are leading businesses to “hemorrhage talent” amid an ongoing “Great Resignation”, says Joseph Boll, Remote Worker CEO.

Boll was referring to a recent study by Vyopta, a Texas-based company offering digital collaboration experience management, which found that top-level US executives felt remote workers are disadvantaged as compared to their colleagues who work in-person. Among other challenges, the survey found that executives believe remote workers are often passed over for promotions although they may not have sufficient access to upper management or the appropriate tools to be as engaged as in-office workers.

The Remote Worker CEO says the results of that survey are alarming, given that most remote workers are proven to work harder when compared to being in a physical office.

“Dozens of studies have found that employees work harder when they work remotely,” says Boll. “Although it can be another challenge, research has shown that remote workers take fewer sick days and work longer days than when they were working in physical offices. It’s an incredible loss for companies that fail to recognize and appreciate their efforts by overlooking them for promotions when they’re often among the best employees. This is how companies end up hemorrhaging talent in an age when more and more workers would simply rather walk away.”

The CEO also underscores the “Great Resignation” or “Quiet Quitting” trends whereby employees either leave altogether or perform just the bare minimum job requirements while intending to eventually withdraw from the organization.

“Compare all of this with how high-in-demand remote and flexible work is,” Boll continues. “It’s clear that what employees want and what employers are offering are not lining up, and job satisfaction leading to eventual resignation is very likely to follow as a result, unless leaders take appropriate action.”

For its 2022 survey, Vypota surveyed 200 C-Suite executives about the challenges of remote work. It asked, “In which ways, if any, do you feel employees who work primarily remote are disadvantaged compared to those who work primarily in the office?” In response, the lion’s share of respondents, 52 percent, said they felt remote workers were “overly reliant on others to be able to collaborate remotely”. In fact, collaboration gaps accounted for most of the responses, as 43 percent of respondents said they feel remote workers are “less connected to colleagues and our office culture” and another 42 percent said remote workers have “fewer opportunities for direct collaboration with teammates”.

However, some 47 percent of C-suite executives said US remote workers struggle with “lack of access to company leadership”. Additionally, 41 percent of those respondents said remote workers are “less likely to be considered for promotions”. However, 46 percent said businesses are not providing remote workers with “the tools to become more engaged”. Just four percent of respondents disagreed with the results, and said they do not believe remote workers face these types of challenges.

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