found that 22% of full-time remote workers reported being happier in their jobs than employees who never work remotely. Remote workers also had better work-life balance, and were more productive and less stressed, the study found. Overheard on Conference Calls
broke down the best US cities to work remotely based on the cost of living, commute time savings, Wi-Fi speed, number of coffee shops, and number of coworking spaces. Overheard on Conference Calls gave each city a living and work factors rank. The living factors rank is a weighted score of cost of living and average commute time. Work factors is based on coworking spaces and coffee shops per capita, and average Wi-Fi speed. The overall rank, scored from 1 to 50, is a sum of both categories that is scored and weighted with lower numbers indicating the city was more ideal for remote workers.