"Even as companies like Amazon, AT&T, and JPMorgan mandate five-day office returns, work-from-home setups are poised to grow, a new study released by the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests. The findings show that people work remotely more often when employed at firms founded after 2015 than at those founded before 1990 - and at firms led by CEOs under 30."
"This means future generations of workers could have greater flexibility, said Jose Maria Barrero, one of the researchers behind the study. Leading remote work expert Nick Bloom was also involved. "As older companies die and new companies start up, and as older senior executives start retiring and they get replaced by younger ones, that should make more of the labor force be in these remote work-friendly firms," said Barrero, who is a finance professor at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico."
"The younger the company and the younger the CEO, the better an employee's chances of working in sweatpants. "If it's very important for you to have this sort of flexibility, you are more likely to get that if you look for jobs at young firms with young CEOs," said Barrero. The same goes for jobs at established firms with young CEOs, though it's more common for young firms to have young CEOs than for established firms, he added."
Many large employers mandate full-time office work while others retain hybrid or remote arrangements. Remote-work prevalence is higher at firms founded after 2015 than at firms founded before 1990, and firms led by CEOs under 30 show greater remote-work rates. As older office-first companies fade and senior executives retire, replacing them with younger leaders and founding new firms should increase the share of workers in remote-friendly firms. Job seekers prioritizing flexibility have better chances at young firms and at established firms with young CEOs. Monthly surveys of 8,000 US residents ages 20–64 were collected throughout 2025.
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