I'm in IT, and ALL of my work is remote, even when I'm in the office. My company started out at 2 days/week. A few months ago they bumped up to 3d/week in the office.

It's a small change, but it's very much a power move. Two days says "We would like to see you in the office, socializing with your coworkers, building a team." Three days says "We can't trust you to work from home. This is only the first squeeze."

I push it to the limit during the winter because winter sucks and it takes longer to drive or bus than walk (45 minutes). If they fire me, they fire me. I will not make myself miserable over a particular job; and if they try to make things miserable, they'll lose a lot of talented staff.

I mean, yeah? Basically everyone who could work from home in April 2020 was forced to do so, regardless of whether they or their employer wanted them to. Now there's more of a mix.

Still some interesting nuggets in the report and article, though:

StatCan found that dual-income couples who make among the most money in the country were nine times more likely to work from home between April 2020 and June 2021 than couples who both work and who are in the bottom 10 per cent of Canada’s earnings distributions.

It's one of those situations where it seems obvious that a lot of lower-paying jobs require manual labour that can't be done remotely, but the discrepancy still feels really large.

Full report from Stat Can: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-631-x/11-631-x2024001-eng.htm

After rising to about 40% in April 2020, the percentage of Canadians working most of their hours from home in a given week was 20% in November 2023

I don't give a shit, I'm home since March 2020, I'll never go back to office. I'm in Montreal suburb and never again I'll commute 1h morning and 1h evening.

Workplaces are open so no surprise.