At the beginning of the twentieth year of the two millennia, humanity is faced with an illness. All spheres of human activities have altered. Due to the risk of COVID-19 infection, many enterprises have transferred their employees to remote work, since the less contact, the fewer threats. Until that time, people had mostly vague and stereotyped ideas about this format of employment. This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of remote work, which is a consequence of a pandemic. It was analyzed worldwide statistical data from the World Economic Forum and organized questionnaire about online work among locals.