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It’s not often you find a manager still preaching the benefits of fully remote work after four years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The heads of the world’s largest corporations have given up their silly comments about painting habits in the workplace, as they seek to have more on their painters and utilize valuable workspace.
But those who have resisted the back-to-office call build-up can simply reap the rewards through the crème de los angeles crème of a developing skill pool.
According to new data from LinkedIn, the percentage of remote positions posted on job sites has plummeted in the past year.
In the UK, remote jobs have fallen by more than 13% since February last year, while in Ireland they have fallen by more than 21%. The declines are greatest in Germany, France and the Netherlands.
However, the oppressive message has rubbed off on candidates, who seem more susceptible than ever to working remotely.
According to the project’s site, around two out of five work programmes are for remote roles in the UK, Ireland and Germany, with few updates from early 2023.
The inevitable result, according to LinkedIn, is that a higher percentage of talented Americans will compete for a shrinking percentage of remote jobs, creating a potential gold mine for those employers.
“It’s clear that corporations with flexibility will attract the most sensible talent,” said Josh Graff, managing director for EMEA and LATAM and vice president at LinkedIn.
“As corporations continue to think about what’s right for their organization, it’s vital that business leaders reap the broader benefits of flexible working, which has been shown to foster workforce diversity and is particularly attractive to others with caregiving responsibilities. “
There is still a transparent spread of the pandemic at remote execution levels: one in ten roles in the UK is indexed as remote, a higher number than before COVID-19.
But LinkedIn’s data is the latest to show a mismatch between source and demand between recalcitrant employers and worker flexibility.
Increasingly, workers seem willing to make sacrifices for a completely remote existence.
According to a FlexJobs survey released in October, a majority of painters said remote work was more important to them than their salary, work-life balance, and a smart boss.
This means that many would be willing to take a pay cut to continue having a remote job, according to the study.
However, this olive branch is not accepted by most employers, who have stepped up their rhetoric against remote painting in recent months, with some seeking to force painters back to work full-time.
In early March, the chief executive of British retailer Boots demanded that its workers return to the five-day working week from September.
Most likely, this update is intended for seriously working moms, who already seem to be looking for new roles.
However, the knowledge will be music to the ears of remote CEOs like Jeff Maggioncalda of Coursera and Matt Mullenweg, owner of Tumblr, Automattic.
Maggioncalda told Fortune last October that he doesn’t know exactly where the peak of his 1,400 painters are at any given time, thanks to the company’s highly flexible remote painting policy.
The head of Coursera and Automattic’s Mullenweg agreed that they should rent the most sensible capacity by not restricting their search to someone who might live within commuting distance of the office, or simply those who were willing to forgo remote work.
They and other corporations can expect to have a larger and more varied skill pool.
“In a year when three-quarters of UK professionals are going to transfer roles, flexibility will be key to retaining the most sensible talent,” LinkedIn’s Graff said.
This story appears in Fortune. com
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