Share of people working remotely from home during COVID-19 in Poland 2020

In 2020, the number of Poles who usually perform their work at home amounted nearly 25 percent of all employed persons.

Advantages and disadvantages of remote work

The outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has brought Poles into a completely different reality. Many of them had to reorganize their private and professional lives from one day to the next. For Poles, the main advantages of working from home Poles were more flexible working hours, time savings associated with commuting to work, and the ability to combine work with household responsibilities. On the other hand, working from home also brings disadvantages, such as problems with self-discipline and distraction by household members. Despite the many advantages of working from home, Poles would like to return to work in offices after lifting coronavirus restrictions, with the possibility of partial remote working.

Home office implemented by companies

Companies with large numbers of employees were more likely to switch to remote working. This is related to the prevailing restrictions predetermined rules on the number of employees working in the office. Large companies have also prepared the infrastructure, which allowed access to solutions (e.g., cloud platforms) that enable efficient and effective work at home. The industries which most frequently switched to home office were education and public administration. In 2020, the largest group of people aged 25 to 44 worked remotely in Poland.