{"id":27271,"date":"2022-04-21T05:07:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T05:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/?p=27271"},"modified":"2022-04-21T05:09:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T05:09:05","slug":"companies-shift-to-work-from-home-are-causing-a-great-resignation-to-rural-communities-through-the-us-and-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/companies-shift-to-work-from-home-are-causing-a-great-resignation-to-rural-communities-through-the-us-and-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Companies Shift to Work From Home are Causing a Great Resignation to Rural Communities Through the US And Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It comes as no shock that the early 2020s have radically altered the structure of our world. Not only have big shifts impacted governments and industries as a whole, but the very nature of people\u2019s home life, work-life, and family organization has changed. In particular, people are now looking at their jobs and approaching them with a much different mindset than pre-2020. The following will explore this shift in workplace norms and approaches while also examining how this shift has altered aspects of people\u2019s lives outside of the workplace. Particular attention will be paid to how changing workplace expectations is influencing people\u2019s decisions to move away from larger city centres.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s Going On In The Workplace?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before diving into the mass exodus that seems to be happening in major cities everywhere, it\u2019s important to first understand the developments ongoing in the workplace. When the pandemic of 2020 hit, pretty much any worker who could complete their work from home was strongly encouraged to do so. This led to mass numbers of remote and virtual workers all around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were lots of hiccups as people and employers figured out how to manage to work from home. People needed to combat distractions, figure out technologies like Zoom, and rely more on digital devices. In many cases, employees were working far more independently than they ever had in the past. Employers were struggling to figure out how to handle their workplace health and safety requirements, track employee hours, and keep everyone connected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wasn\u2019t perfect, but for the most part, we did it. Of course, not every job lent itself well to the work-from-home model. Many of the cases that didn\u2019t adjust well-involved people in already precarious financial situations; low-skilled, low-paying jobs suffered the most in this regard, particularly the professions that revolved around service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Second Wave Of Work-From-Home<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the majority of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/understanding-the-benefits-of-virtual-offices-for-real-estate-businesses-in-the-uk\/\">remote or virtual work scenarios<\/a> during the pandemic, there was a general understanding that once the pandemic settled down, people would return to their offices and carry on with their work on site. This didn\u2019t happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Employees around the world got ready to combat the call to return to in-person work. It turns out that working from home offered a series of spectacular benefits that, once held, were hard to let go of. Studies have found that anywhere from 30-45% of people are prepared to quit their jobs if they are asked to return to full-time in-office work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1603726008204-77f56e5a2610?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&amp;ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=1031&amp;q=80\" width=\"755\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtual Work And The Work-Life Balance<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why? There are several factors. Foremost, people and especially women with young children, who have for generations been forced to fight for some semblance of work-life balance, finally got a tiny bit of ease. They didn\u2019t have to choose between making money and being present with their children. They didn\u2019t have to debate with themselves about whether their child\u2019s cold was severe enough to warrant them staying home together (taking ALL illnesses seriously is one of the major lessons we\u2019ve collectively learned during this stretch; no one should be going to work or school while they\u2019re sick). There was less guilty <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about missing out on family moments or not being available for children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Health-Life Balance<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other benefits included healthier lifestyles. Eating lunches at home, avoiding workplace vending machines, and being able to get up and walk around or stretch while working have been cited. Work grew more meaningful as micromanagement from higher-ups was impossible to the same degree as before. People\u2019s mental health improved as they could go at their own pace while working.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Freedom Of Remote Work<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond these initial benefits of working from home, many people found their lives had been opened up wide while working virtually. Suddenly, they could go spend a week at their parent\u2019s place. They could set up work at the cottage and enjoy the serenity of nature around them. People began, en mass, to leave large urban centres. The quality of life was better outside the city, and they didn\u2019t need to be in the city any longer to have a job. Moreover, rural areas tend to have a much more manageable cost of living.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Real Estate Impacts<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of all these factors, there\u2019s a resurgence in interest in real estate properties in rural areas with low population densities. Take, for instance, the extreme interest in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/exprealty.ca\/mb\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">properties and land in Manitoba<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> compared to pre-2020. In all likelihood, the changes we\u2019re seeing in real estate behaviour are going to have far-reaching cultural impacts on society as a whole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Third Wave Of Changing Workplace Norms<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some employees are in the process of taking this a step further. Confidence in institutions and systems is at an all-time low, and many people no longer view working for someone else as a wise or safe thing to do. The result has been a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/edwardsegal\/2022\/02\/20\/predicting-how-when-or-if-the-great-resignation-will-end\/?sh=60d6125f4bfc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wave of resignations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. People are starting their own businesses and turning to alternative income scenarios; many do not want to have to rely on someone else to get their money made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In particular, industries that did not or could not provide adequate feelings of safety for staff or industries that pushed people to their limits, forcing them to work through feelings of extreme terror and anxiety, are seeing the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/03\/09\/the-great-resignation-is-still-in-full-swing.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">greatest number of resignations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. People are waking up to the fact that they don\u2019t ever want to have to choose between their health and their income.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Health And Wellness Impacts<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s too soon to be able to predict the long-term effects of this level of migration, but initial reports are promising. People seem to be having an easier time giving their families the time and energy they want to be giving. People also seem to be spending more time in or near nature than in recent history. Finally, there is a rapidly developing cultural norm of not ignoring any symptoms of illness, however small, which can be expected to result in people resting more when becoming sick (which shortens the time spent ill) and with people catching on to illnesses and diseases more quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The above breakdown should have outlined the unprecedented changes ongoing in the workforce at the moment and some of the effects these changes are having on society as a whole. It can\u2019t be said that 2020 and the following years were easy, but it can be said that humans learn quickly and adapt when they have to. As it turns out, some of these adaptions might produce positive, lasting results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h6>Ref:<span style=\"color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">THSI-2793 \/ <\/span><span style=\"color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">ZD. 24799<\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It comes as no shock that the early 2020s have radically altered the structure of our world. 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