Remote workforces have become increasingly mainstream over the past few years due to several benefits, and more recently, out of necessity. In the U.S., the remote workforce increased 159 percent from 2005 to 2017, according to Flexjobs. As of February 2020, 4.7 million Americans (3.4 percent) worked remotely as the norm, and more than half of employees globally worked outside of headquarters at least 2.5 days a week, according to International Workplace Group (IWG).
