Considered a social distancing pioneer, Marcel Proust wrote all seven volumes of In Search of Lost Time in his bed.
Move over, Marcel. Americans may have you beat.
According to a new study by lead-gen company CraftJack, 45% of remote workers routinely work from a couch; 38%, in bed; and 20%, outdoors.
CraftJack asked 1,500 Americans who worked from home where in the house they did so.
Those unfortunate workers have been forced, since Covid-19 shut down the country in April 2021, to make do with couches, beds and chaise lounges.
Working from home under these conditions is no cakewalk, which could explain employees' poor reaction to Google's announcement yesterday (following Apple's lead) that it has postponed their return to the office to mid-October.