How Remote Work Benefits Employers

We all know the benefits of remote work for employees, from a better work-life balance to saying goodbye to your grueling morning commute. Remote work brings the freedom and flexibility to work from wherever suits you best, but it can be hard to get employers on board.

There’s often a misconception that remote work derails productivity, collaboration and progression, and a lot of employers might think it will harm them and their team.

But the reality is this: remote work only hurts one type of employer. A micromanaging one. 

Whether you’re trying to convince your boss to let you work remotely or you’re an employer trying to weigh up the pros and cons for your team, we’ve got the stats to show you that remote work isn’t just good for employees, it’s good for business!

Financial Savings

• Companies can save up to $10,600 per employee who works remotely. A company with 50 employees could save half a million dollars annually just by going remote. - US Career Institute, 2024

• ‘In interviews, [digital] nomads often say they’re satisfied with their income if they earn enough to support their travels even if their reported earnings are low.’ - MBO Partners, 2023

Higher Productivity

• ‘79% [of digital nomads] report they use technology to make themselves more competitive in their work’ - MBO Partners, 2023

• 77% of workers think their productivity is higher when working from home compared to a traditional office. - Flexjobs Survey, 2024

Company Loyalty and Culture

• ‘Flexible workers are still equally or more likely to feel connected to their immediate teams as fully as in-office workers are. And they are more likely to feel connected to their direct manager and their company’s values.’ - Future Forum, 2022

• ‘Available communication devices allow quicker performance of the tasks, e.g., organizing and attending work meetings online is faster and easier compared to organizing face-to-face contacts’ - Kowalsk & Ślebarska, Remote Working and Work Effectiveness: A Leader Perspective, 2022

Encourages a Dynamic Workforce

• ‘[Refusing flexible working opportunities] makes companies less flexible in the event of future crises, such as another health emergency or strikes or severe weather conditions that prevent people from reaching their offices’ - Greenberg, quoted by James Tapper, The Guardian, 2024

Creates a Wider Talent Pool

• ‘14% of remote workers surveyed have a disability or chronic illness, and 83% of those workers were able to work because of remote work.’ - Gitlab, 2020

• ‘We’ve just hired [two international employees who] are both exceptional in their skill set and the potential value they can bring to the company [...] They work in places we don’t have an office, but we don’t really care about that.’ - Rosi Bremec, chief operating officer at Game Lounge, quoted by Julie Thompson, 2025

Less Absent/Sick Leave

• Employees who are dissatisfied with their level of flexibility at work are 43% more likely to say they feel burned out at work than those who are satisfied with their level of flexibility. - Future Forum, 2022

If you trust your team and treat them like adults, they will thrive in a remote work setting. All you need to do is provide them with the tools to succeed.

The future of work is here, and it’s flexible. It’s time you get on board before you get left behind.