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  "dataset": {
    "slug": "remote-work-experience",
    "title": "Remote worker experience survey",
    "summary": "Quarterly worker-reported satisfaction, productivity, isolation, meeting load, compensation, and return-to-office sentiment.",
    "category": "worker_experience",
    "category_label": "Worker experience",
    "source_kind": "first_party",
    "source_name": "WFH.team Quarterly Remote Work Survey",
    "source_url": "https://wfh.team/remote-work-survey",
    "update_frequency": "Quarterly",
    "geographic_scope": "Worldwide",
    "methodology": "Anonymous voluntary responses are aggregated after each quarterly survey closes. Published values and segment analyses come from the frozen survey result payload.",
    "limitations": "This is a voluntary convenience sample and is not population weighted. Small segments are suppressed in the source analysis.",
    "dimensions": [
      "quarter",
      "work arrangement",
      "role",
      "region",
      "company size",
      "remote tenure"
    ],
    "api_url": "https://api.new.wfh.team/api/public/research/datasets/remote-work-experience/"
  },
  "release": {
    "release_key": "remote-work-survey-2026-q3",
    "revision": 1,
    "period_start": "2026-08-11",
    "period_end": "2026-09-08",
    "published_at": "2026-09-08 12:45:50.191678+00:00",
    "source_updated_at": "2026-09-08 01:02:56.606802+00:00",
    "headline": "89.8% prefer mostly or fully remote",
    "change_summary": "This quarterly release adds 59 anonymous responses covering work arrangement, productivity, wellbeing, meetings, compensation, and RTO sentiment.",
    "sample_size": 59,
    "revision_note": "Initial publication",
    "permalink": "https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-work-experience/remote-work-survey-2026-q3",
    "data": {
      "series": [],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "key": "highlight_1",
          "unit": "%",
          "label": "Prefer mostly or fully remote",
          "value": 89.8,
          "change": null,
          "previous_value": null
        },
        {
          "key": "highlight_2",
          "unit": "%",
          "label": "Report higher productivity",
          "value": 76.3,
          "change": null,
          "previous_value": null
        },
        {
          "key": "highlight_3",
          "unit": "%",
          "label": "Would search or leave after full-time RTO",
          "value": 35.6,
          "change": null,
          "previous_value": null
        },
        {
          "key": "highlight_4",
          "unit": "/5",
          "label": "Average work-arrangement satisfaction",
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          "change": null,
          "previous_value": null
        }
      ],
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              "percent": 32.2
            },
            {
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              "percent": 20.3
            },
            {
              "count": 20,
              "label": "Actively looking for work",
              "value": "job_searching",
              "percent": 33.9
            },
            {
              "count": 6,
              "label": "Not currently working or searching",
              "value": "not_searching",
              "percent": 10.2
            },
            {
              "count": 2,
              "label": "Student or in training",
              "value": "student",
              "percent": 3.4
            }
          ],
          "label": "What best describes your current work situation?"
        },
        {
          "key": "work_arrangement",
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              "value": "fully_remote",
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            },
            {
              "count": 2,
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              "percent": 3.4
            },
            {
              "count": 3,
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              "value": "hybrid_even",
              "percent": 5.1
            },
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              "count": 6,
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              "percent": 10.2
            },
            {
              "count": 5,
              "label": "Fully on-site",
              "value": "fully_office",
              "percent": 8.5
            },
            {
              "count": 10,
              "label": "Not currently working",
              "value": "not_applicable",
              "percent": 16.9
            }
          ],
          "label": "What is your current work arrangement?"
        },
        {
          "key": "remote_experience",
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              "value": "none",
              "percent": 22.0
            },
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              "count": 11,
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              "value": "under_1",
              "percent": 18.6
            },
            {
              "count": 13,
              "label": "1-2 years",
              "value": "1_2",
              "percent": 22.0
            },
            {
              "count": 9,
              "label": "3-5 years",
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              "percent": 15.3
            },
            {
              "count": 13,
              "label": "6+ years",
              "value": "6_plus",
              "percent": 22.0
            }
          ],
          "label": "How long have you worked remotely?"
        },
        {
          "key": "role_family",
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              "count": 16,
              "label": "Customer support or success",
              "value": "customer_support",
              "percent": 27.1
            },
            {
              "count": 3,
              "label": "Healthcare or medical administration",
              "value": "healthcare",
              "percent": 5.1
            },
            {
              "count": 11,
              "label": "Software or engineering",
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              "percent": 18.6
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            {
              "count": 10,
              "label": "Data or analytics",
              "value": "data",
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            {
              "count": 5,
              "label": "Product or design",
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              "percent": 8.5
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              "count": 5,
              "label": "Sales or marketing",
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              "percent": 8.5
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            {
              "count": 4,
              "label": "Operations, HR, or recruiting",
              "value": "operations_hr",
              "percent": 6.8
            },
            {
              "count": 2,
              "label": "Finance, accounting, or legal",
              "value": "finance_legal",
              "percent": 3.4
            },
            {
              "count": 2,
              "label": "Education or training",
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              "percent": 3.4
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            {
              "count": 1,
              "label": "Another role family",
              "value": "other",
              "percent": 1.7
            }
          ],
          "label": "Which role family is closest to your work or target role?"
        },
        {
          "key": "company_size",
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              "label": "Self-employed",
              "value": "solo",
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              "count": 12,
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              "percent": 20.3
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            {
              "count": 10,
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              "percent": 16.9
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              "count": 5,
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              "value": "250_999",
              "percent": 8.5
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            {
              "count": 4,
              "label": "1,000-4,999 employees",
              "value": "1000_4999",
              "percent": 6.8
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              "count": 11,
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              "value": "5000_plus",
              "percent": 18.6
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            {
              "count": 8,
              "label": "Not sure or not applicable",
              "value": "unknown",
              "percent": 13.6
            }
          ],
          "label": "How large is your current or most recent employer?"
        },
        {
          "key": "region",
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              "count": 24,
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              "value": "us_canada",
              "percent": 40.7
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            {
              "count": 5,
              "label": "Latin America or Caribbean",
              "value": "latin_america",
              "percent": 8.5
            },
            {
              "count": 2,
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              "value": "europe",
              "percent": 3.4
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            {
              "count": 7,
              "label": "Middle East or Africa",
              "value": "middle_east_africa",
              "percent": 11.9
            },
            {
              "count": 11,
              "label": "South Asia",
              "value": "south_asia",
              "percent": 18.6
            },
            {
              "count": 3,
              "label": "East Asia or Pacific",
              "value": "asia_pacific",
              "percent": 5.1
            },
            {
              "count": 7,
              "label": "Another region",
              "value": "other",
              "percent": 11.9
            }
          ],
          "label": "Which region do you currently live in?"
        },
        {
          "key": "remote_satisfaction",
          "rows": [
            {
              "count": 8,
              "label": "1",
              "value": "1",
              "percent": 13.6
            },
            {
              "count": 4,
              "label": "2",
              "value": "2",
              "percent": 6.8
            },
            {
              "count": 19,
              "label": "3",
              "value": "3",
              "percent": 32.2
            },
            {
              "count": 13,
              "label": "4",
              "value": "4",
              "percent": 22.0
            },
            {
              "count": 15,
              "label": "5",
              "value": "5",
              "percent": 25.4
            }
          ],
          "label": "How satisfied are you with your current work arrangement?"
        },
        {
          "key": "productivity_change",
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            {
              "count": 39,
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              "value": "much_higher",
              "percent": 66.1
            },
            {
              "count": 6,
              "label": "Somewhat higher",
              "value": "somewhat_higher",
              "percent": 10.2
            },
            {
              "count": 3,
              "label": "About the same",
              "value": "about_same",
              "percent": 5.1
            },
            {
              "count": 2,
              "label": "Somewhat lower",
              "value": "somewhat_lower",
              "percent": 3.4
            },
            {
              "count": 2,
              "label": "Much lower",
              "value": "much_lower",
              "percent": 3.4
            },
            {
              "count": 7,
              "label": "Not enough experience to compare",
              "value": "unsure",
              "percent": 11.9
            }
          ],
          "label": "Compared with on-site work, how does remote work affect your productivity?"
        },
        {
          "key": "work_life_balance",
          "rows": [
            {
              "count": 42,
              "label": "Much better",
              "value": "much_better",
              "percent": 71.2
            },
            {
              "count": 10,
              "label": "Somewhat better",
              "value": "somewhat_better",
              "percent": 16.9
            },
            {
              "count": 4,
              "label": "About the same",
              "value": "about_same",
              "percent": 6.8
            },
            {
              "count": 1,
              "label": "Somewhat worse",
              "value": "somewhat_worse",
              "percent": 1.7
            },
            {
              "count": 1,
              "label": "Much worse",
              "value": "much_worse",
              "percent": 1.7
            },
            {
              "count": 1,
              "label": "Not enough experience to compare",
              "value": "unsure",
              "percent": 1.7
            }
          ],
          "label": "How does remote work affect your work-life balance?"
        },
        {
          "key": "burnout_frequency",
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            {
              "count": 13,
              "label": "Never",
              "value": "never",
              "percent": 22.0
            },
            {
              "count": 17,
              "label": "Rarely",
              "value": "rarely",
              "percent": 28.8
            },
            {
              "count": 16,
              "label": "Sometimes",
              "value": "sometimes",
              "percent": 27.1
            },
            {
              "count": 8,
              "label": "Often",
              "value": "often",
              "percent": 13.6
            },
            {
              "count": 5,
              "label": "Very often",
              "value": "very_often",
              "percent": 8.5
            }
          ],
          "label": "How often have you felt burned out in the past three months?"
        },
        {
          "key": "loneliness_frequency",
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            {
              "count": 28,
              "label": "Never",
              "value": "never",
              "percent": 47.5
            },
            {
              "count": 16,
              "label": "Rarely",
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              "percent": 27.1
            },
            {
              "count": 7,
              "label": "Sometimes",
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              "percent": 11.9
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            {
              "count": 3,
              "label": "Often",
              "value": "often",
              "percent": 5.1
            },
            {
              "count": 1,
              "label": "Very often",
              "value": "very_often",
              "percent": 1.7
            },
            {
              "count": 4,
              "label": "Not applicable",
              "value": "not_applicable",
              "percent": 6.8
            }
          ],
          "label": "How often does remote work make you feel isolated?"
        },
        {
          "key": "manager_trust",
          "rows": [
            {
              "count": 2,
              "label": "1",
              "value": "1",
              "percent": 3.4
            },
            {
              "count": 0,
              "label": "2",
              "value": "2",
              "percent": 0.0
            },
            {
              "count": 10,
              "label": "3",
              "value": "3",
              "percent": 16.9
            },
            {
              "count": 26,
              "label": "4",
              "value": "4",
              "percent": 44.1
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            {
              "count": 21,
              "label": "5",
              "value": "5",
              "percent": 35.6
            }
          ],
          "label": "How much do you trust your manager or clients to support remote work?"
        },
        {
          "key": "communication_effectiveness",
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            {
              "count": 1,
              "label": "1",
              "value": "1",
              "percent": 1.7
            },
            {
              "count": 0,
              "label": "2",
              "value": "2",
              "percent": 0.0
            },
            {
              "count": 8,
              "label": "3",
              "value": "3",
              "percent": 13.6
            },
            {
              "count": 23,
              "label": "4",
              "value": "4",
              "percent": 39.0
            },
            {
              "count": 27,
              "label": "5",
              "value": "5",
              "percent": 45.8
            }
          ],
          "label": "How effective is communication on your remote or hybrid team?"
        },
        {
          "key": "career_growth",
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            {
              "count": 28,
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            },
            {
              "count": 10,
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              "percent": 16.9
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            {
              "count": 7,
              "label": "No meaningful effect",
              "value": "no_effect",
              "percent": 11.9
            },
            {
              "count": 4,
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              "percent": 6.8
            },
            {
              "count": 1,
              "label": "Hurt a lot",
              "value": "hurt_a_lot",
              "percent": 1.7
            },
            {
              "count": 9,
              "label": "Not sure",
              "value": "unsure",
              "percent": 15.3
            }
          ],
          "label": "How has remote work affected your career growth?"
        },
        {
          "key": "async_effectiveness",
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            {
              "count": 26,
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              "value": "very_effectively",
              "percent": 45.6
            },
            {
              "count": 17,
              "label": "Somewhat effectively",
              "value": "somewhat_effectively",
              "percent": 29.8
            },
            {
              "count": 4,
              "label": "Neither effectively nor ineffectively",
              "value": "neither",
              "percent": 7.0
            },
            {
              "count": 1,
              "label": "Somewhat ineffectively",
              "value": "somewhat_ineffectively",
              "percent": 1.8
            },
            {
              "count": 1,
              "label": "Very ineffectively",
              "value": "very_ineffectively",
              "percent": 1.8
            },
            {
              "count": 8,
              "label": "Not sure or not applicable",
              "value": "not_applicable",
              "percent": 14.0
            }
          ],
          "label": "How effectively does your team work asynchronously?"
        },
        {
          "key": "weekly_meeting_hours",
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            {
              "count": 13,
              "label": "Under 2 hours",
              "value": "under_2",
              "percent": 22.8
            },
            {
              "count": 23,
              "label": "2-5 hours",
              "value": "2_5",
              "percent": 40.4
            },
            {
              "count": 10,
              "label": "6-10 hours",
              "value": "6_10",
              "percent": 17.5
            },
            {
              "count": 2,
              "label": "11-15 hours",
              "value": "11_15",
              "percent": 3.5
            },
            {
              "count": 2,
              "label": "More than 15 hours",
              "value": "over_15",
              "percent": 3.5
            },
            {
              "count": 7,
              "label": "Not sure or not applicable",
              "value": "not_applicable",
              "percent": 12.3
            }
          ],
          "label": "How many hours do you typically spend in scheduled meetings each week?"
        },
        {
          "key": "remote_pay_effect",
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            {
              "count": 24,
              "label": "It increased",
              "value": "increased",
              "percent": 40.7
            },
            {
              "count": 14,
              "label": "It stayed about the same",
              "value": "unchanged",
              "percent": 23.7
            },
            {
              "count": 3,
              "label": "It decreased",
              "value": "decreased",
              "percent": 5.1
            },
            {
              "count": 5,
              "label": "My pay is adjusted by location",
              "value": "location_adjusted",
              "percent": 8.5
            },
            {
              "count": 13,
              "label": "Not sure or not applicable",
              "value": "not_applicable",
              "percent": 22.0
            }
          ],
          "label": "How has working remotely affected your compensation?"
        },
        {
          "key": "salary_transparency",
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            {
              "count": 19,
              "label": "Required before I apply",
              "value": "required",
              "percent": 32.2
            },
            {
              "count": 30,
              "label": "Very important",
              "value": "very_important",
              "percent": 50.8
            },
            {
              "count": 8,
              "label": "Somewhat important",
              "value": "somewhat_important",
              "percent": 13.6
            },
            {
              "count": 2,
              "label": "Not important",
              "value": "not_important",
              "percent": 3.4
            }
          ],
          "label": "When job searching, how important is a published salary range?"
        },
        {
          "key": "important_benefits",
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            {
              "count": 45,
              "label": "Flexible hours",
              "value": "flexible_hours",
              "percent": 76.3
            },
            {
              "count": 24,
              "label": "Home-office budget",
              "value": "home_office",
              "percent": 40.7
            },
            {
              "count": 2,
              "label": "Coworking allowance",
              "value": "coworking",
              "percent": 3.4
            },
            {
              "count": 20,
              "label": "Internet or phone stipend",
              "value": "internet",
              "percent": 33.9
            },
            {
              "count": 12,
              "label": "Meeting-free focus time",
              "value": "meeting_free",
              "percent": 20.3
            },
            {
              "count": 14,
              "label": "Strong async practices",
              "value": "async",
              "percent": 23.7
            },
            {
              "count": 8,
              "label": "Team meetups or travel",
              "value": "travel",
              "percent": 13.6
            },
            {
              "count": 19,
              "label": "Four-day workweek",
              "value": "four_day_week",
              "percent": 32.2
            }
          ],
          "label": "Which remote-work benefits matter most to you?"
        },
        {
          "key": "flexibility_pay_tradeoff",
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              "count": 15,
              "label": "None",
              "value": "none",
              "percent": 26.3
            },
            {
              "count": 16,
              "label": "Less than 5%",
              "value": "under_5",
              "percent": 28.1
            },
            {
              "count": 17,
              "label": "5-10%",
              "value": "5_10",
              "percent": 29.8
            },
            {
              "count": 4,
              "label": "11-20%",
              "value": "11_20",
              "percent": 7.0
            },
            {
              "count": 4,
              "label": "More than 20%",
              "value": "over_20",
              "percent": 7.0
            },
            {
              "count": 1,
              "label": "I would not choose fully remote work",
              "value": "not_preferred",
              "percent": 1.8
            }
          ],
          "label": "What is the largest pay reduction you would accept to remain fully remote?"
        },
        {
          "key": "employer_remote_support",
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            {
              "count": 23,
              "label": "Computer or other equipment",
              "value": "equipment",
              "percent": 40.4
            },
            {
              "count": 9,
              "label": "Home-office budget",
              "value": "home_office",
              "percent": 15.8
            },
            {
              "count": 16,
              "label": "Internet or phone stipend",
              "value": "internet",
              "percent": 28.1
            },
            {
              "count": 4,
              "label": "Coworking allowance",
              "value": "coworking",
              "percent": 7.0
            },
            {
              "count": 7,
              "label": "Company-paid team meetups",
              "value": "meetups",
              "percent": 12.3
            },
            {
              "count": 11,
              "label": "Mental-health or wellbeing support",
              "value": "mental_health",
              "percent": 19.3
            },
            {
              "count": 17,
              "label": "None of these",
              "value": "none",
              "percent": 29.8
            },
            {
              "count": 8,
              "label": "Not sure or not applicable",
              "value": "not_applicable",
              "percent": 14.0
            }
          ],
          "label": "Which remote-work support does your employer currently provide?"
        },
        {
          "key": "biggest_benefits",
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            {
              "count": 32,
              "label": "No commute",
              "value": "no_commute",
              "percent": 54.2
            },
            {
              "count": 29,
              "label": "Schedule flexibility",
              "value": "flexibility",
              "percent": 49.2
            },
            {
              "count": 27,
              "label": "Location freedom",
              "value": "location",
              "percent": 45.8
            },
            {
              "count": 17,
              "label": "Better focus",
              "value": "focus",
              "percent": 28.8
            },
            {
              "count": 17,
              "label": "More time for family or caregiving",
              "value": "family",
              "percent": 28.8
            },
            {
              "count": 6,
              "label": "Health or accessibility",
              "value": "health",
              "percent": 10.2
            },
            {
              "count": 8,
              "label": "Lower personal costs",
              "value": "cost",
              "percent": 13.6
            },
            {
              "count": 10,
              "label": "Access to more opportunities",
              "value": "opportunity",
              "percent": 16.9
            }
          ],
          "label": "What are the biggest benefits of remote work for you?"
        },
        {
          "key": "biggest_challenges",
          "rows": [
            {
              "count": 6,
              "label": "Isolation or loneliness",
              "value": "isolation",
              "percent": 10.2
            },
            {
              "count": 14,
              "label": "Work-life boundaries",
              "value": "boundaries",
              "percent": 23.7
            },
            {
              "count": 7,
              "label": "Communication or collaboration",
              "value": "communication",
              "percent": 11.9
            },
            {
              "count": 17,
              "label": "Visibility or career progression",
              "value": "visibility",
              "percent": 28.8
            },
            {
              "count": 11,
              "label": "Workspace or equipment",
              "value": "workspace",
              "percent": 18.6
            },
            {
              "count": 13,
              "label": "Time-zone coordination",
              "value": "timezone",
              "percent": 22.0
            },
            {
              "count": 9,
              "label": "Too many meetings",
              "value": "meetings",
              "percent": 15.3
            },
            {
              "count": 18,
              "label": "Job security or return-to-office pressure",
              "value": "job_security",
              "percent": 30.5
            },
            {
              "count": 14,
              "label": "No major challenges",
              "value": "none",
              "percent": 23.7
            }
          ],
          "label": "What are your biggest remote-work challenges?"
        },
        {
          "key": "ideal_arrangement",
          "rows": [
            {
              "count": 44,
              "label": "Fully remote",
              "value": "fully_remote",
              "percent": 74.6
            },
            {
              "count": 9,
              "label": "Mostly remote",
              "value": "mostly_remote",
              "percent": 15.3
            },
            {
              "count": 5,
              "label": "Hybrid, roughly even",
              "value": "hybrid_even",
              "percent": 8.5
            },
            {
              "count": 0,
              "label": "Mostly on-site",
              "value": "mostly_office",
              "percent": 0.0
            },
            {
              "count": 1,
              "label": "Fully on-site",
              "value": "fully_office",
              "percent": 1.7
            }
          ],
          "label": "What work arrangement would you choose for the next two years?"
        },
        {
          "key": "rto_reaction",
          "rows": [
            {
              "count": 10,
              "label": "Stay and comply",
              "value": "comply",
              "percent": 16.9
            },
            {
              "count": 20,
              "label": "Try to negotiate flexibility",
              "value": "negotiate",
              "percent": 33.9
            },
            {
              "count": 17,
              "label": "Start looking for another job",
              "value": "search",
              "percent": 28.8
            },
            {
              "count": 4,
              "label": "Leave without another role lined up",
              "value": "leave",
              "percent": 6.8
            },
            {
              "count": 8,
              "label": "Not sure",
              "value": "unsure",
              "percent": 13.6
            }
          ],
          "label": "What would you most likely do if required to work on-site full time?"
        },
        {
          "key": "remote_job_obstacle",
          "rows": [
            {
              "count": 13,
              "label": "Too much competition",
              "value": "competition",
              "percent": 22.8
            },
            {
              "count": 9,
              "label": "Location restrictions",
              "value": "location",
              "percent": 15.8
            },
            {
              "count": 6,
              "label": "Experience requirements",
              "value": "experience",
              "percent": 10.5
            },
            {
              "count": 4,
              "label": "Salary mismatch or missing pay information",
              "value": "salary",
              "percent": 7.0
            },
            {
              "count": 3,
              "label": "Unclear remote-work policy",
              "value": "remote_policy",
              "percent": 5.3
            },
            {
              "count": 8,
              "label": "Low-quality or fraudulent listings",
              "value": "low_quality",
              "percent": 14.0
            },
            {
              "count": 9,
              "label": "Employers not responding",
              "value": "no_response",
              "percent": 15.8
            },
            {
              "count": 5,
              "label": "I am not currently job searching",
              "value": "not_searching",
              "percent": 8.8
            }
          ],
          "label": "What is the biggest obstacle to finding a good remote job?"
        },
        {
          "key": "topical_rto_change",
          "rows": [
            {
              "count": 8,
              "label": "Yes, significantly",
              "value": "yes_major",
              "percent": 13.6
            },
            {
              "count": 10,
              "label": "Yes, somewhat",
              "value": "yes_minor",
              "percent": 16.9
            },
            {
              "count": 22,
              "label": "No",
              "value": "no",
              "percent": 37.3
            },
            {
              "count": 1,
              "label": "It became more flexible",
              "value": "more_flexible",
              "percent": 1.7
            },
            {
              "count": 18,
              "label": "Not sure or not applicable",
              "value": "unknown",
              "percent": 30.5
            }
          ],
          "label": "Has your employer tightened in-office requirements during the past year?"
        },
        {
          "key": "topical_required_office_days",
          "rows": [
            {
              "count": 26,
              "label": "None",
              "value": "zero",
              "percent": 45.6
            },
            {
              "count": 2,
              "label": "1 day",
              "value": "one",
              "percent": 3.5
            },
            {
              "count": 1,
              "label": "2 days",
              "value": "two",
              "percent": 1.8
            },
            {
              "count": 1,
              "label": "3 days",
              "value": "three",
              "percent": 1.8
            },
            {
              "count": 2,
              "label": "4 days",
              "value": "four",
              "percent": 3.5
            },
            {
              "count": 10,
              "label": "5 days",
              "value": "five",
              "percent": 17.5
            },
            {
              "count": 2,
              "label": "It varies",
              "value": "varies",
              "percent": 3.5
            },
            {
              "count": 13,
              "label": "Not sure or not applicable",
              "value": "unknown",
              "percent": 22.8
            }
          ],
          "label": "How many days per week are you currently required to work on-site?"
        },
        {
          "key": "topical_rto_enforcement",
          "rows": [
            {
              "count": 8,
              "label": "Very strictly",
              "value": "very_strictly",
              "percent": 14.0
            },
            {
              "count": 11,
              "label": "Somewhat strictly",
              "value": "somewhat_strictly",
              "percent": 19.3
            },
            {
              "count": 5,
              "label": "Loosely",
              "value": "loosely",
              "percent": 8.8
            },
            {
              "count": 4,
              "label": "Not enforced",
              "value": "not_enforced",
              "percent": 7.0
            },
            {
              "count": 10,
              "label": "There is no in-office requirement",
              "value": "no_requirement",
              "percent": 17.5
            },
            {
              "count": 19,
              "label": "Not sure or not applicable",
              "value": "unknown",
              "percent": 33.3
            }
          ],
          "label": "How strictly are your employer's in-office requirements enforced?"
        }
      ],
      "schema_version": 1
    }
  },
  "citation": "Source: WFH.team, Remote worker experience survey, remote-work-survey-2026-q3, revision 1 (https://wfh.team/research/datasets/remote-work-experience/remote-work-survey-2026-q3)."
}