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During the last few weeks, I was absolutely innondated with remote work requests and questions. I have been vocal about this frequently. For those that need to hear this, unless you are in a niche field, remote work is dying down. I feel transitioning service members need to start adjusting their thinking process to hybrid. “Across the board, in-office days at America’s major companies have grown from 1.1 days per week on average in 2021 to 3.4 days in 2023. Even worse news: The U.S. trails behind its major peers when it comes to remote work—just 11.5% of its office-based roles are fully remote. That’s a real fall from grace for a country that, in 2020, led the world in remote work rates, with 61.5% of jobs fully remote.” We get it! You served and are tired of moving. You promised your household no more moves. Before you made that commitment, did you research the job market and the area you want to stay in for work? I see folks complain they cannot find work, but then they have these stipulations. There are companies ready to hire, but you may be the one keeping yourself from getting hired. People have been exiting the US military for 200+ years. Only in the last few has remote work been a real thing. IMO, This was a quick fad in response to an epidemic that is now in the rearview mirror. “The software heavyweights who, in another lifetime, expounded upon the benefits of distributed work, have walked back their policies significantly. Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Apple each notched above-average rates of in-office work last year: 2.7 days a week, by Ringover’s count.” Are you adjusting your expectations to mirror the labor markets shift to hybrid? https://lnkd.in/evvd58ci

Remote work jobs are disappearing before our eyes

Remote work jobs are disappearing before our eyes

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Noah Rose

Senior Safeguards & Security Specialist, MSTS; MBA, DOE L Clearance

7mo

I'm in a favor of people seeking out remote work, but they should understand that its going to limit the places you can be hired at. By all means should they pursue it if they truly desire it, but with the knowledge that it can limit where you can work.

Ricky Cunningham, Jr., PMP, B.S. Commerce and Business

Program Manger for the Small Business Administration's Boots-to-Business IT Support Program | Team builder, coach, mentor, leader and advisor dedicated to my team first and always.

7mo

As a transitioning service member in the NCR I am really not seeing remote jobs at all. I do see hybrid roles as companies learn that they can offer a much larger work force with smaller office space from the Covid pandemic days! But, I am approaching this job hunt expecting to be in the office everyday and anything other than that is a bonus!

Richard P.

DoD Skillbridge Intern with UBS | ≡✪≡ Senior Intelligence Analyst

7mo

While my goal is a remote position, I fully understand that it may not work out that way. I can prioritize applying to those types of roles, but I won't do so if a better fit for me requires hybrid or on-site work. Thank you for the statistics, Steven!

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