Hypothesis:

The use of remote working tools allows workers to be just as productivity or more productive than on-site workers.

Outline

Introduction:

• Discussion of remote workers from “Road Warriors” to Zoom Towns
• Discuss how COVID accelerated the acceptance of remote workers.
• Layout and discuss hypothesis

Literature Review:

• Discuss how technological progression has made remote working possible
• Discuss typical requirements of remote workers
• Discuss possible advantages and disadvantages to employers

Methodology:

• Conduct a survey
  • Taking a random sampling of American workers with the goal of getting an equal number of onsite and remote workers.
• The survey will attempt to gather information on the following
  • The physical location of the worker
  • Industry/Sector of worker
  • Workers Job Title
  • Connectivity
  • What productivity software is used (MS Office, Google Workspace, iWork)
  • Instant chat software (Teams, Slack, Jabber)
  • Remote meeting software (Teams, Zoom, Discord, Skype)
  • Questions designed to learn happiness and contentment of current working situation
  • Questions designed to learn productivity and usefulness of current working situation
  • Questions designed to learn when the physical location is unsuitable for work (Example: User needing to go into the office to make copies or send packages)
• Hypothesis supported if data shows remote workers are as productive or more productive than on-site workers.
  • Hypothesis not proven if onsite workers are more productive than remote workers.

Discussion:

• Share any additional information we are able to deduce. Such as software solutions that stand out for productivity or lack of productivity.
• Discuss lessons learned and how the research could be improved.
• Discuss new questions raised by the study