Later this year, it seems likely that workers will begin to stream back in offices. But as they return to work, these people won't have the same motivations.

In a new report, JLL found that expectations of the workplace are radically different according to employees' appetite for remote-working options. The company pinpointed four different personas of workers and their attitude toward being in the office.

One group, the traditional office workers, comprises 34% of office workers. Ninety-three percent of these people didn't work from home before the COVID-19 crisis and think that remote working is not suited to their job requirements or their working preferences. JLL says these people are likely to work in industries with a high presenteeism culture and are quite traditional in their workstyle.

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Leslie Shaver

Les Shaver has been covering commercial and residential real estate for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Multifamily Executive, Builder, units, Arlington Magazine in addition to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.