Employees Are Taking Lower Salaries , To Work From Home.br NPR reports that as the pandemic br began to rage in 2020, .br companies started to embrace br what many thought to be a br temporary experiment with remote work.br Almost three years after the fact, over a br third of employees in America say they br intend to keep working from home.br In a recent poll by McKinsey & Company, almost 25 of Americans say they can at least work from home part-time.br Nearly six in ten Americans say they could work remotely at least once per week.br Per NPR, 87 of workers who are offered br "at least some remote work," have br jumped at the opportunity.br A recent economic study found that many companies have capitalized on remote work.br using it in place of offering employees br raises. Some say that such tactics br could help moderate inflation.br We conclude that the recent rise of remote work materially lessens wage-growth pressures. , Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent H. Meyer & Emil Mihaylov, economists, via NPR.br In doing so, the rise of br remote work eases the br challenge confronting br monetary policy makers... , Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent H. Meyer & Emil Mihaylov, economists, via NPR.br ... in their efforts to bring br the inflation rate down to acceptable levels without br stalling economic growth. , Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Brent H.