Virtual Vocations Publishes the Results of Their National Work and Family Month Survey-A telecommuting work-life balance survey completed by 1,000+ jobseekers
Tucson, AZ (PRWEB) December 01, 2016 -- The voluntary NWFM survey was distributed to registered Virtual Vocations members via email. From the 1,094 responses received, the company garnered valuable insight into the ways in which the desire to achieve greater work-life balance influences job seekers to opt for telecommuting opportunities over traditional, on-site employment.
Laura Spawn, CEO of Virtual Vocations explained, "With the increasing push towards balancing work and personal life, we thought it would be beneficial to find out directly from jobseekers using Virtual Vocations if their motivation for telecommuting aligned with what we are seeing among other companies and published reports. An astounding 89% of the respondents are looking to telecommute simply for more work-life balance, which tells us that people are definitely craving the benefits that flexible and remote work has to offer."
RESPONDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
Survey responses submitted to Virtual Vocations provided greater detail about the structure of the U.S. telecommuting population. Among the more than 1,000 respondents, more than half are directly responsible for the care of children or elderly family members in their homes and 59.6% are over age 45.
Additionally, upwards of 60 percent of respondents are actively searching for telecommuting jobs and 82.8% would be willing to accept lower wages in exchange for the opportunity to work from home at least some of the time.
TELECOMMUTER WORK-LIFE BALANCE
Virtual Vocations’ NWFM 2016 survey results highlight the degree to which boundaries between work and home can become blurred for telecommuters; yet, despite work-life balance challenges, U.S. workers would rather telecommute than work on-site:
34.7% of survey respondents report that their workplace does not support clear boundaries between work life and home life
Most respondents have been required to work remotely while on vacation
Nearly two-thirds of respondents admit to checking their work email outside of normal working hours
89% of survey respondents consider greater work-life balance to be one of their primary motivators for seeking telecommute jobs
Read the full report on Virtual Vocations’ National Work and Family Month survey results at Virtual Vocations.
About Virtual Vocations: Virtual Vocations is the largest and most comprehensive online database of telecommute-only jobs. Offering more than 40 diverse career categories and customizable search filters, Virtual Vocations is committed to helping job seekers gain an advantage in the competitive telecommute job market by finding quality job leads faster and easier. Virtual Vocations has assisted over half a million people in their search for flexible, telecommute jobs and is dedicated to bringing subscribers scam-free job leads that offer some form of telecommuting or virtual work. Virtual Vocations is a private, family-owned and 100% virtual company incorporated in Tucson, AZ.
Laura Spawn, Virtual Vocations Inc., http://www.virtualvocations.com, +1 800-379-5092 Ext: 700, [email protected]
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