Technology is key as people are happy to work remotely

"Remote work was a major adjustment globally, but clearly we’re now seeing an explicit desire and expectation for longer-term flexibility among employees"

John Goulding and Joe Lennon, the founders of Cork company Workvivo, whose survey suggests 90% of employees would stay longer with their employer if working from home was an option.

Tools to facilitate working from home are fast becoming a key focus for workers, with many people offering fairly positive views of the newly dispersed Irish workplace.

Naturally, workers also voice important concerns across a range of issues in a run of recent workplace surveys. Overall, however, the emerging national picture is one of a workforce focused on economic recovery, while highlighting the aspects in need of considered attention.