28% of American professionals will be fully remote in the next five years, and 20.4% will be partially remote.

This means that almost half of your workforce will be remote to some extent. So, in order to keep workers happy and business steady, you need to plan your business strategy accordingly.

67% of businesses have already adapted their long-term management practices to remote work.

Your main changes will be in the spheres of team meetings, employee communication, strategic planning, onboarding, training, recruiting, and performance reviews.

Remote work as the result of the pandemic made 53% of businesses more willing to work with freelancers. Two-thirds of hiring managers will increase the use of freelancers in the tech category in the next 12 months.

This means two things. First is that the quality of tech freelancers can compare to the qualifications of full-time workers. Secondly, the use of freelancers is more cost-efficient, compared to hiring a full-time tech specialist.

71% of hiring managers will sustain or even increase the use of freelancers in the next 6 months, and almost 80% of businesses say that they are more likely now to hire remote only freelancers.

Judging by these numbers, we can say that companies are comfortable and really happy with their experience of working with freelancers. Major spheres of the cooperation include development & design (which makes Etcetera happy as well, having them both as our specialties).