JLL Says Offices Aren’t Going Anywhere

SAN FRANCISCO—The future of office demand is a hot topic around the country as COVID-19 required companies to engage in the largest work-from-home experiment in history. After a three-month mandatory hiatus, these firms and employees have largely successfully adjusted to working from home, but new surveys point toward workers looking to get back to normal routines instead of working from home permanently.

In fact, a survey by Gensler found only 12% of workers want to work from home full time and 70% say they want to spend most of their week in the office. Meetings, socializing and impromptu face-to-face interactions with colleagues were ranked as the top reasons people wanted to head back into the office.