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Hybrid working from home improves retention without damaging performance

Nicholas Bloom, Ruobing Han and James Liang

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Type
Peer-reviewed randomized workplace trial
Publication
Nature 630, 920–925
Version used
Version of record, 12 June 2024
Source date
12 June 2024
Recorded in Atlas
22 October 2026
License
CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Atlas provides its own summary; no figures reproduced.
DOI
10.1038/s41586-024-07500-2

Online publication: 12 June 2024; journal issue: 27 June 2024. Research dates differ from this Atlas entry. No separate validity period has been established for the finding.

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A reason to stay

Effects on employee retention, Fig. 2; Methods: Randomization and Employee characteristics and balancing tests.

See the randomized offer, absolute quit rates and actual take-up. The result concerns eligibility for hybrid working.

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Supports this claim:Fewer employees left
Employee performance and promotions, Fig. 3; Methods: Null results; Discussion on rollout after the experiment.

The first review covers July–December 2021. The equivalence bounds were ±0.5 grade; subsequent reviews followed rollout to the former control group.

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Supports this claim:Performance grades held up