Feb 20, 2012
Would You Rather Work in a Virtual Office or Run the Company?
BOULDER, CO—You want to be successful, right? Sure, but if you are like most people you really don’t want to be a corporate executive. So says Intelligent Office’s first WorkIQ Survey. The virtual office provider surveyed more than 1,000 people. More than half waned to be an entrepreneur—not one of them wanted to be a corporate executive.
The WorkIQ Survey also set out to discover if people are working in traditional ways or moving to a more flexible work style. The result: there is an evolution of work styles underway and the birth of what the virtual office provider is calling the “New American Worker.” The New American Worker is defined by both mobility and flexibility and looks more like an entrepreneur or an independent business owner than a corporate executive.
“We believe there is a paradigm shift happening in our culture as it relates to work style,” says Tom Camplese, COO of Intelligent Office. “We have been watching this shift take place over the course of the last few years at Intelligent Office by talking with entrepreneurs, business owners, and mobile executives on a daily basis. The Work IQ survey put this into hard numbers.”
Here are some more interesting tidbits from the survey:
- Nearly 65%of survey participants desire to work as an entrepreneur or independent
- 61% of people surveyed desire more flexible work hours than the traditional 9 to 5 p.m.
- Nearly half of the respondents want a work hard/play hard work life balance.
- Technology remains an invaluable resource to more than 45%of the respondents
- Overwhelmingly, people aspire to have more mobility in their work life
- 66% responded aspire to have a laptop or tablet that affords them freedom and mobility
“What we continue to hear from people is that they increasingly need and expect services that will help them grow and be more successful, but they want those services to match this new work style—flexible and mobile,” says Camplese. “Overall, they are seeking more balance and freedom in everything, including the services that support their business efforts.”
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