The State Of Deskless Work: Q4 2021 Research Report

Unlocking Deskless Productivity By Overcoming the Autonomy and Empowerment Barriers

As part of the extended community of frontline workers and the teams that support them, you likely already know how important—and challenging—deskless work is. But did you know that deskless workers outnumber desk-based workers across the globe four-to-one? Or that most organizations anticipate their mobile workforce to grow over the next year?

Meanwhile, we are entering an age of unprecedented worker empowerment due to a confluence of factors: increasingly competitive talent markets, a growing “free agent” mentality among skilled mobile workers, and the allure of flexible employment options courtesy of the gig economy. The criticality of retention and the cost of attrition for employers with mobile workers has never been greater.