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Over half of Russians want to go back to work in the office — poll

Before the start of the pandemic, only 4% of respondents had experience of working from home, according to the poll

MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS/. Two-thirds (65%) of Russians working remotely want to go back to the office, a poll held by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center published on Tuesday informs.

"Over half of employed Russians (65%) would want to work in the office or at the enterprise in the future," the message informs.

According to the poll, before the start of the pandemic, only 4% of respondents had experience of working from home. At this point, one in ten Russians polled (11%) are mainly working remotely.

A half of Russians working remotely (52%) think that this work format has the same amount of advantages and disadvantages. Over half of those polled (65%) said that their working hours had become more irregular during remote work.

The poll was held on January 28 among 1,600 respondents. The margin of error does not exceed 2.5% with the probability of 95%.