A GROWING trend towards working from home triggered almost by default in early 2020 means the pull of big, global cities is slackening off – but those which the world's employees remain attracted to are largely in Spain.
The 'new roaring twenties' was never supposed to start off like this – a pandemic confining the public to their homes on every continent, with businesses facing the choice of either shutting down, at least partially, and temporarily laying off their staff, or setting them up with the facilities to work from their homes.
Those companies where the nature of their enterprise allowed them to do so opted overwhelmingly for remote working; some employees found they hated it and missed the camaraderie and structure of an office, whilst others took to it like a duck to water and were very reluctant to return to the daily commute when their firms were able to.
Some firms have not been able to, or decided not to; in other cases, employees found they were more productive and less stressed working from home and got their boss' agreements to carry on in the same vein.
This change in the daily grind means that for previously office-based staff, the location of where they live has suddenly become a choice rather than a necessity, according to Bloomberg.
It published the global InterNations survey after interviewing over 15,000 people of 173 different nationalities, and discovered that the booming metropolitan sprawls that once spelled excitement, a dynamic and modern lifestyle and unlimited career opportunities are now starting to feel a bit tired.
Spain triumphs over planet's largest metropolitan zones
Hong Kong, Paris, Rome, London, New York, São Paulo, Tokyo, Dubai and other mega-cities with their bright lights and never-sleeping culture are falling from favour, and responses from expat workers are becoming more negative and disillusioned.
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