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By: Ilana Siyance

Want to work from home? Looks like this might be your chance.

Remote job listings for new applicants by New York City firms quadrupled over the past year, as per data compiled by the NY Post. “And this is just the beginning,” said Kathryn Wylde, CEO of NYC Partnership, a nonprofit which advocates with the City and State government on behalf of large businesses. The business group analyzed figures compiled by Emsi Burning Glass, finding the jump in remote positions. The industries which lead the way in virtual-work listings during the COVID-19 pandemic included administrative, information and financial services.

Before the pandemic, in early 2020, there were roughly 6,700 virtual job offerings out of 163,000 total city job postings, accounting for 4 percent of the total listings. This December, there were roughly 25,800 remote job offerings out of 243,000 total jobs posting, making up 10.6 percent of the total.

Wylde noted that the virtual jobs “allow the employee to work from anywhere in the world”, opening New York City’s job market to candidates from outside the city. Experts know that prolonging virtual employment means that Downtown and Midtown Manhattan will lose out on foot traffic in local stores, restaurants and business districts, potentially leading to more retail closures. Mass transit and apartment rentals in certain areas would also suffer. A city audit found that city and state coffers would lose out hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenues, by having non-NY residents take on NY jobs.

As per the Post, a poll conducted by Wylde’s organization in November revealed that only 28 percent of Big Apple employees were back in their offices on an average workday, and that a majority were still remote 18 months after the start of the pandemic. A newly published national survey, by Morning Consult, revealed that 55% of employees working from home said they would considering quitting if they are forced to return to their offices before they thought it was safe. All around the country, the same phenomenon is occurring, with large tech firms leading the way in hiring remote workers. A report from Indeed Hiring Lab said the shift to work-at-home employment is “one of the most dramatic effects of the pandemic — and might be one of its most long-lasting.”

“This is a big cultural shift, and I don’t see it reversing,’’ Wylde said of the virtual employment setup. “It will require repurposing retail and older office space for housing and other purposes. It also will require rethinking transit and city services, since long-standing commuter patterns will change.”

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