This issue: Work-from-home forecasts from readers

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Will work-from-home keep declining?

This week, Nonrival partnered with economist Nick Bloom to ask whether work-from-home would decline this fall and winter. Specifically, we asked:

How likely is it that the share of full, paid US work days done from home is 29% or higher in September? (In August it was 29.5%)

(You didn't make a prediction this week. Otherwise you'd be seeing your forecast here.)

What other readers said

Overall, readers think it's more a bit more likely than not that work-from-home will shrink in September from 29.5% to less than 29%. (On average, they give it a 44% chance of exceeding 29%.)

This week we tried something new, asking at the end of the survey about December values, too. Readers are even more confident it'll be below 29% of days by December, with an average forecast of just 34%.

The average reader forecast was 44%.

Perspectives on work-from-home

Here are some readers' justifications for their work-from-home forecasts...

The case for a plateau at or above 29% of days is simple:

But it might have to go down before it goes up

The renegotiation between employers and employees could take a while

Something to watch: If the economy sours, that could mean more willingness to go into the office

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