Seventy-two percent of architecture firms offered full-time or nearly full-time remote working options to their employees in 2020, up from only 13% in 2019, pointing to the significant impact the pandemic had on workplace flexibility. Firms also added part-time remote work options. Other benefits that increased over the past two years: paid parental leave (47%, up from 41%), paid philanthropic leave to volunteer during business hours (31%, up from 26%), and paid family leave beyond parental leave (21%, up from 16%). The latter excluded mandated COVID-related leave.
