Almost half of South Africa's middle-class, earning under R40,000 a month, has returned to a pre-pandemic work routine, while higher earners are enjoying hybrid work models, splitting more of their time between home and the office.
On average, 39% of South Africans earning above R10,000 per month are splitting their time between their traditional workplace and home or another remote location, according to BrandMapp, which relies on data from a sample of more than 30,000 respondents to profile the country's 12.8 million adults who live in mid to top-income households.But the levels of full-time office work or hybrid models change dramatically according to different income levels, shows BrandMapp.
This variance – where lower earners are spending more time in the office than their wealthier colleagues – is replicated in the hybrid space. Just 36% of workers earning less than R40,000 a month reported that they're working according to a hybrid model, with some time at the office and some time at home, while 46% of those earning more than R40,000 are spending less time at their traditional desks.
"This matches other data, coming out of countries with developed economies, that is showing that more executive-level workers are benefitting from hybrid work models while the workers have been summoned back to their desks."
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