r/technology • u/TracksandTreks • Aug 15 '26

Society Remote workers report the highest well-being in study of 7,700 employees

https://www.colorado.edu/today/2026/08/12/remote-workers-report-highest-well-being-study-7700-employees
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u/thehindermost Aug 15 '26

The wellbeing finding makes sense, but I'd want to know how they controlled for selection. People who stayed fully remote after the pandemic generally had the option to go hybrid or in-person and chose not to, which already tells you something about their situation: home setup, commute distance, household circumstances. That's not a knock on the result, just that it probably overstates how much the work arrangement itself is doing versus who self-selects into it.

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u/Siukslinis_acc Aug 15 '26

But there could also be that they got so used to being isolated that they might have a hard time functioning around other people.