With 70% of people increasingly concerned with their safety and health due to the pandemic and 94% of workers reporting concerns about going back to their workplace, it’s clear that workers aren’t in a hurry to return to the office. Companies like Airbnb, Salesforce, Facebook, Uber, and Google have listened by extending remote work for at least another year, and some companies like Okta, Zillow, and Twitter are favoring indefinite work-from-home arrangements.
However, despite widespread confidence in remote work and its resulting benefits (e.g. no commuting, more time with friends/family, decreased costs), workers are still feeling the immense pressure that comes from an always-on mentality. The result: blurred work/home lines that create longer workdays and increased employee burn out. Security teams are especially feeling the heat; a study from CIISec found that more than half of security professionals have left a security job due to burnout or worked with someone who did.