This survey was sent out by the Grow Remote Ballinasloe chapter. This can help you design your own surveys. We regularly use Google forms for surveys within Grow Remote.
Remote Working Survey - Grow Remote is a 'not for profit' group on a mission to enable us to work, live & participate locally. We do this by making remote work visible & accessible.
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Q1. Are you currently working from home in Ballinasloe town or hinterlands ?
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Yes
86.67%
13
No
13.33%
2
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Q2. Did you work from home before Covid-19?
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Yes
46.67%
7
No
53.33%
8
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15
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0
Q3. After a year working from home, how has the experience been ? Is there any support you would have liked to have had then, or what do you know now that would have been helpful to a year ago?
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14
Skipped
1
Q4. Would you like to: 1) continue working from home in the future or would you 2) prefer to return to work at your corporate office or 3) combination of both?
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Responses
1) Continue working from home
13.33%
2
2) Return to corporate office
6.67%
1
3) Combination of both
80.00%
12
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15
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0
Q5. Would you have an interest in working one or more days a week from a co-working hub in Ballinasloe in the future (assumes sanitation and protected safe working areas and social distance)?
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Responses
1 or 2 Days a Week
53.33%
8
3 or 4 Days a Week
0.00%
0
5 Days a Week
0.00%
0
From time to time / Drop in a few hours a month
13.33%
2
Not interested
33.33%
5
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15
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Q6. Are you interested in attending a training course to learn about tools, skills and competencies, policies etc., to enable working from home?
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Responses
Tools that enable working remotely (e.g. Zoom, Google hangouts, MS Teams, Slack, Mural, Trello, Time Doctor etc.)
26.67%
4
Getting ready to work remotely (prepare CV, apply for jobs, interview skills, where to find jobs, etc.)
26.67%
4
Managing teams remotely (building effective teams, communication & connection, wellbeing, performance management, remote team culture, L&D, change management etc.)
13.33%
2
Establishing remote work policies and procedures and embedding remote as 'business as normal' post Covid-19
13.33%
2
I am not interested
20.00%
3
If you would like more information on training, please type your email address here:
5
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15
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Q7. Do you see remote working as an positive opportunity to develop new innovative businesses and smart ways of working for people living in Ballinasloe ?
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Yes, I agree it there is good potential for remote to deliver greater employment opportunities & drive innovation
100.00%
15
No, I only see it as an opportunity for a small cohort of individuals
0.00%
0
Not sure, I don't have enough information about it
0.00%
0
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15
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0
Q8. Would you like any assistance in seeking remote work ?
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Responses
Yes
6.67%
1
No
93.33%
14
If you would like assistance finding remote work, please type your email address here:
1
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15
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Q9. What is your biggest concern with working remotely?
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Isolation - miss the face to face company of colleagues
20.00%
3
Takes longer to get things done
6.67%
1
Communication with colleagues is difficult due to working different hours
6.67%
1
I work longer hours than when I was in the office
20.00%
3
Hard to switch off and separate work from home
20.00%
3
Privacy concerns / data protection
0.00%
0
Internet connectivity / reliability
26.67%
4
Other
0.00%
0
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15
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0
Q10. What is your biggest benefit working remotely?
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Responses
Get more done, I am more productive, less interruptions
33.33%
5
More autonomous, feel there is a greater trust built up
0.00%
0
I have got to know my colleagues better ironically !
0.00%
0
Taking the time back for myself / my family that I used to spend commuting
40.00%
6
Feel more balanced and less stressed
6.67%
1
Carbon footprint impact is the biggest benefit for me
0.00%
0
Savings from no commute, lunches at home etc.
20.00%
3
Other
0.00%
0
Ballinasloe Grow Remote Group, aims to make remote work visible & accessible & highlight benefits of working remotely to companies and individuals, whilst also providing support & Community to its members. https://www.changex.org/ie/growremote/ballinasloe-co-galway-irelandIf you would like to connect with remote workers in the Grow Remote Community (www.growremote.ie) or if you would like to share your story about remote working please type your email address here and we will contact you:
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