‘Work from anywhere’ jobs draw record demand as summer travel heats up

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

According to a new report from job search platform Flexa, the share of job seekers expressing a preference for companies that offer some kind of “work from anywhere” program rose from to 88% in June from 80% in April — the highest since the company began tracking last year. At the same time, the share expressing a preference for fully remote jobs rose to 59% from 52% over the same period. Top financial services firms such as American Express Co., Visa Inc.

and Mastercard Inc., along with tech giants like Alphabet Inc., are some of the major employers who have adopted “work-from-anywhere” week policies. This generally means employees keep an in-office presence for most of the year with two to four weeks of fully remote work. Flexa analyzed more than 350,000 searches and the preferences expressed by more than 8,000 job seekers between April and June.

Preferences are gathered through a survey that’s completed when job seekers create an account and are updated periodically. While remote work’s broad popularity has proved enduring, the data suggest that employee demand for flexibility may be, to some extent, seasonal. “We saw fully remote roles fall out of favor with job seekers last autumn, with demand dropping to an all-time low in December,” Molly Johnson-Jones, co-founder and chief executive officer of Flexa, said in the report.