NEW: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will start allowing many of its 50,000 employees and new recruits to work from home on a permanent basis, adding to the companies that have embraced decentralized work during the coronavirus pandemic.
"There's a meaningful contrast between what we're doing and what some other companies are doing," Zuckerberg said."This isn't a free-for-all. We're aggressively opening up remote hiring, then ... starting a process where some people, in a phased way, can apply to work remotely."
Recent research from University of Chicago estimated that 37 percent of U.S. jobs can plausibly be performed at home. But the number is significantly higher in areas like Silicon Valley and San Francisco . But just 2 percent of America works from home on a regular basis, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Bloom cited a study showing that employee productivity increases by 13 percent when people work from home, even as other factors like creativity decline."People are able to work well on projects remotely," he said."Where there's an open question is on the softer stuff: alignment, social bonds, creativity."
Remote tools are also becoming a bigger part of Facebook's business. The company recently launched Messenger Rooms, a Zoom competitor, and is also working on new features for Portal, its video hardware device. Facebook said that Workplace, its enterprise communications tool, now has 5 million paying subscribers, up from 3 million in October.
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