It’s no secret that people have a lot of opinions about COVID-19 opinions. According to a recent survey by the online workshop Glassdoor, only 70% of employees believe that they should be expected to get a vaccine before returning to the office.
Glassdoor found that age and gender play a role in people’s opinions about the vaccine. According to the results of the survey, those between 18 and 34 years (58%) agree less than the ages of 35-44 (84%) to agree that employees should be expected to receive a COVID-19 vaccine get to return to the office. Men (74%) are more likely than women (64%) to agree that employees should be expected to get a COVID-19 vaccine to return to the office.
In general, most plan to vaccinate under COVID-19. More than 3 out of 4 (76%) plan to be vaccinated when a shot is available to them. The age group of 18-34 (66%) is less likely than the age of 35-44 (81%) to say that they plan to get a COVID-19 vaccine when it is available to them, and almost 1 in 4 (24%) do not intend to get a COVID-19 vaccine when it is available.
Carina Cortez, chief executive of Glassdoor, notes that employers take the health needs of their employees seriously.
“Strikingly, employees want to know that employers put their health, safety and well-being first, while taking into account the latest health guidelines and recommendations,” Cortez said.
Another important finding in the report shows that most employees want an incentive from their employers to get the COVID-19 vaccine: 68% of respondents said they would receive the vaccine if their employer received a cash bonus and / or get more paid time.
Regarding the work-from-home environment, 86% of respondents said they would like to work part-time from home, even after their offices reopen. Some people got used to the ‘new normal’, and about 23% said they would consider terminating their employment if they had to return to the office before all employees were vaccinated. Seventeen percent of respondents even said they would consider quitting their jobs if they had to return to the office five days a week.
“At this point, many employees have been working from home for about a year and have become accustomed to the flexibility to work from where they want to work, as long as they have the necessary tools to do their job successfully,” Cortez said. . .
The survey shows a consistent theme: employees prefer to work away from home at least part of the time. “It is clear that a hybrid approach to remote and personal work will be a top trend in 2021, and employers need to keep this in mind when evaluating the next phase of work for their employees. The future of work lies ahead of us, and these survey data show that a hybrid work environment will be the wave of the future, ‘Cortez added.
** Survey Methodology: This survey was conducted online from 16 to 18 February 2021 on behalf of Glassdoor in the United States by The Harris Poll among 2072 adults 18 and older, among whom 1149 are employed and 571 are currently working from home. due to COVID-19. This online survey is not based on a probability sample, and therefore no estimate of the theoretical sample error can be calculated. **
Reggie Wade is an author of Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter @ReggieWade.
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