The source does not provide the original wording of the question posed during the survey. The wording of the question chosen for this statistic may therefore differ slightly from the original. This statistic only shows the top two boxes "Completely agree" and "Mostly agree".
Information on 2020 survey: April 21 to May 5, 2020; 2,177 respondents.
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Perceived disadvantages of working from home in Germany 2020-2021
In 2021, ** percent of employees in Germany listed missing direct contact with colleagues as a disadvantage of home office. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic forced a large part of the population to work from home as per government regulations to contain the spread of the virus.
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