According to a survey conducted in January 2021, employees in Moscow and Saint Petersburg expressed more comfort with the conditions of remote work than employee in small cities, towns, or villages. Around 40 percent of employees who worked fully remotely or in a hybrid mode in towns with up to 100 thousand inhabitants said they were rather uncomfortable with telecommuting. Among disadvantages in remote work, around a half of respondents cited a lack of personal communication with colleagues.
In general, are you comfortable working remotely?
Characteristic
Rather comfortable
Rather uncomfortable
Difficult to answer
Moscow and Saint Petersburg
75%
21%
4%
City with over 1m inhabitants
60%
33%
7%
City with 500k-1m inhabitants
60%
29%
11%
City with 100k-500k inhabitants
61%
36%
3%
Town with up to 100k inhabitants
59%
38%
3%
Urban-style settlement and village
57%
22%
21%
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0%25%50%75%100%125%
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