{"id":17210,"date":"2022-04-25T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-alliance-virtual-office-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=17210"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:13:12","slug":"remote-work-study-career-advancement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alliancevirtualoffices.com\/virtual-office-blog\/remote-work-study-career-advancement\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Work Might Damage Your Career Advancement, new study."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Remote workers are 38% less likely to receive bonuses and work nearly double the overtime of their in-office peers – Hybrid workers fare best<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We analyzed millions of data points and hundreds of studies to determine how, if at all, working from home impacts career advancement. We found that hybrid workers had the best prospects, outweighing both online-only and in-office employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

References and methods for this study can be found in the Methods and Procedures PDF<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We know you\u2019re ready for the statistics, so let\u2019s dive in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our key findings are as follows:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Remote workers are 38% less likely<\/strong> to receive bonuses <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Remote workers have worse performance reviews and don\u2019t advance as quickly<\/strong> as their office-working peers  <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Remote workers do nearly 50% more overtime<\/strong> compared to in-office workers <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        1. Hybrid workers earned<\/strong> on average 23% more than remote workers<\/strong>, and 12% more than office-only workers  <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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          1. From 2019 to 2020, the number of women working from home rose 7% more than men<\/strong>  <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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            1. The employment rate<\/strong> for disabled people dropped 1.4%<\/strong> between 2019 and 2020. For those without a disability, it dropped by 4.5%  <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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              1. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders were the largest demographic<\/strong> to be able to work from home<\/strong> during the pandemic at 39.2% <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                1. 70% of the cities where remote work<\/strong> is most popular have a higher cost of living<\/strong> than the national average  <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                  1. 70% of workers agreed<\/strong> that remote worker\u2019s wages<\/strong> should be set by the cost of living<\/strong> in their city of residence <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                     Remote workers 38% less likely to receive bonuses <\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                    Regardless of their base salary and in what sector they worked, remote employees were 38% less likely to get bonus pay than their office working counterparts between 2011 and 2020.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    Management and supervisors seem to be biased when it comes to judging the quality of work produced by remote employees.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    When a worker is seen in the office every day, it can be easy to judge those a manager knows better to be more worthy (Martin, 2021).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    With the pandemic skewing remote work trends, it remains to be seen if this will continue post-COVID. <\/p>\n\n\n

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                    Remote workers have worse performance reviews, fewer promotions<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                    As stated above, when managers don\u2019t directly see what their employees are doing, or even see their employees at all, a negative bias develops.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    It\u2019s an easy assumption to make \u2013 if you don\u2019t see your employees working, it is harder to imagine what they\u2019re doing or wonder if they’re even working at all.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    Dan Schawbel of Linkedin suggests that both employees and managers need to work to address this bias by establishing clear objectives, success milestones, and regular virtual meetings<\/a> with cameras turned on for greater visibility (2021).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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                     Remote workers do nearly 50% more over time compared to in-office workers<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                    The same article mentioned above shows that despite getting fewer promotions, bonuses, and raises, remote workers put in far more hours than their in-office peers.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    Online employees work nearly 50% more over time, further exacerbating the gulf between what managers think of their remote employees versus what they actually do (Schawbel, 2021). <\/p>\n\n\n

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                    Hybrid workers earned on average best salaries<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                    Seeming to blend all the good aspects of in-office work and the added convenience of working from home, hybrid workers made better salaries than both in-person and online employees.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    Hybrid workers, those who spend some time working in person and some time working online earned 23.4% more than employees who worked entirely online.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    Additionally, they earned 12% more than those working completely in person (Martin, 2021). <\/p>\n\n\n

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                    More women are working from home than men<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                    During the pandemic, from 2019 to 2020, the number of employees working from home rose from 22% to 42%.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    Interestingly, the number of women working from home increased more than that of men.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    The number of women rose by 23%, whereas the number of men only increased by 16% – a 7% difference (Strozewski, 2021). <\/p>\n\n\n

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                    Disabled people retained employment 3.1% more than non-disabled: 2019 – 2020. <\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                    The national unemployment rate soared to its\u2019 peak in April of 2020, reaching 14.7% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2021).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    From 2019 to 2020, 61.8 million people without a disability were employed, a 4.5% drop from the previous year.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    For people with a disability, the employment rate only fell by 1.4% (National Organization on Disability, 2022).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    While any drop in employment isn\u2019t good, the fact that disabled workers were able to retain employment at a much higher level speaks to the fact that offering remote work encourages diversity, equity, and inclusion.  <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    Offering remote work options helps disabled people, which make up 15% of the global population, remain employed. <\/p>\n\n\n

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                    Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders largest demographic able to work from home at 39.2%<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                    It\u2019s been well noted that workers of ethnic and racial minorities have suffered greatly due to the pandemic.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    Only 20.4% of Black Americans are able to work from home. The numbers for Hispanic Americans are even worse at 15.2%.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    Following this line of reasoning, one might think that white workers would fare best, but they don\u2019t. 25.9% of white Americans are able to work from home.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    A possibly surprising 39.2% of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are able to telework (Gould & Kandra, 2021).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    However, the number of AAPI workers who were not able to retain their position led the U.S. population in those with long-term unemployment and many have had to suffer from and\/or hear news about their fellow AAPI-ers enduring attacks and hate crimes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    48% of the AAPI population of unemployed individuals remained out of work for 6+ months as of 2021 (Ramirez, 2021).  <\/p>\n\n\n

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                    70% of most popular remote work cities have a higher cost of living than the national average<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n
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                    The 10 cities with the highest number of remote workers are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n