
Key Findings
- 17.9 million people quit their jobs from January to May 2021
- Percentage of workers whose positions became remote all or most of the time because of COVID19 say:
- 40% Have more flexibility to choose their work hours
- 29% Can better balance work and family responsibilities
- 19% Are more satisfied with their job
- Number of small business start-up applications by year:
- 2017- 3.19 million
- 2018- 3.49 million
- 2019- 3.5 million
- 2020- 4.35 million
- 57 million gig workers contribute 1 trillion dollars to the economy annually
- Percentage of remote workers:
- 20% worked from home before the pandemic
- 71% worked from home during the pandemic
- 54% want to continue to work from home after the pandemic ends
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