Is 'solo working' holding back young employees' development?
Posted: 17th Aug 2026
After research links remote work to greater isolation among juniors, commentators explore the impact on performance and productivity.
Young adults are spending more of their working day alone, driven partly by a sharp rise in ‘solo working’ – doing paid work without colleagues present.
Paid work was the biggest driver of rising time alone, with men aged 18 to 29 spending around 90 minutes more a day working alone than in 2014-15, according to research from the think tank Resolution Foundation.
Home working accounted for two thirds of the overall rise in solo paid work, the survey found, based on diary data tracking how people spend their time each day.
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