Remote workers may have sacrificed up to $10k due to the pandemic

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Managing to remain employed during the pandemic was no small feat for employees. Unfortunately, it didn’t keep them from losing out on thousands of dollars.

Employees are working to exhaustion during the pandemic: 56% of remote workers reported working extra hours, 50% volunteered for extra projects and responsibilities and 29% worked so hard they burned out, according to a recent report by BambooHR, a cloud-hosted software provider. However, the average remote worker estimates a financial loss of more than $9,800 in promotions that were delayed or denied during the last year.

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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