2024 Bright Insight

Work/life balance presents itself again as a reason that partners feel their attorneys want to work from home, with 58% of respondents indicating as such. Avoiding the commute, however, is listed as the primary reason, with 72% of partners agreeing that commutes play a significant role in the desire for an increased number of remote workdays per week. These two reasons are closely related as eliminating any amount of commute time can be considered a significant step toward improving work/life balance that eliminates the uncompensated job-related time spent traveling to and from work that can easily add an additional hour or two to the workday.

Remote Work: How many days per week do you anticipate each of these firm members working remotely on average?

60%

40%

20%

0%

0 days remotely

1 day/week remotely

2 days/week remotely

3 days/week remotely

4 days/week remotely

5 days/week remotely

Partners

Associates – 1st & 2nd years

Other legal staff Other support staff

Associates – 3rd + years

Executive and management level staff

Source: Cushman & Wakefield Research

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