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The Intergenerational Workplace: Impacts of Remote Work on Location and Commuting Preferences

The pandemic normalized widespread remote working, calling into question the importance of a fixed, physical location for work. Our recently published Intergenerational Office survey looks at generational preferences within working environments, giving employers insight on what people at different stages of life expect from their workplace right now.

But as we continue to see increasing population shifts across states in the U.S., we also wanted to understand how people feel about their circumstances outside the office. In this supplement, Savills asked the same respondents across four generations to share their thoughts on commute and location given more flexibility to work remotely.

Here, we reveal data on which generations are the most willing to make location or commute changes to benefit from remote work policies – and what this means for companies and the war for talent.

 

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