Study shows most employees favor vaccination before returning to work

Provo-based business management platform Qualtrics has released a study that says that employees largely support vaccine mandates, with a large number of them saying they will wait to be vaccinated before returning to the office. Customers are also more likely to support businesses that require their employees to be vaccinated, the study found.

“The pandemic upended life as we knew it and every organization around the world had to change. Many were left wondering what impact the sudden shift would have on the future of experience. Now, as companies create their playbooks for the new normal, it has never been more important to listen to feedback from employees and customers to ensure they can deliver experiences that create a sense of safety and comfort, “Qualtrics said in releasing results of the study.

The study asked more than 1,000 individuals across the United States about their views on vaccine mandates and what they’d like to see moving into the new normal. Employees largely support vaccine mandates with 66 percent of employees saying they support requiring vaccinations before returning to the office. Almost half (45 percent) said they are likely to wait to be vaccinated before going back into the office, while 61 percent said the same about flying on an airplane.

More than half of the respondents (53 percent) said they are more likely to shop at a business that requires employees to be vaccinated.

“As companies look to the future, they need to capture insights to help them determine how to reopen offices, implement safety measures, and gauge employee and customer comfort with vaccine mandates,” said Jay Choi, chief product officer at Qualtrics.