Remote Workers are Promoted Less Than In-office Workers

As reported by The Wall Street Journal in January, an analysis by employment data provider Live Data Technologies indicated that fully remote workers were promoted 31% less frequently than in-office or hybrid workers. According to the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics nearly 20% of all employees with college degrees or higher work fully remotely.

However, workers’ feelings of engagement are higher overall for remote and hybrid workers and they also feel less burned out. But working remotely comes at the expense of receiving significantly less feedback and reduced interaction with bosses and others, perhaps explaining the lower promotion rate.

THE QUESTION: What more can be done to increase levels of feedback, interaction, and relationship building for remote workers?

Bill Haines, Partner