The National Association for Business Economics found that just 11 percent of survey respondents expect all staff members at their companies to return eventually.

Around 65 percent of companies have allowed "most" or "all" of their staff members to work from home during the pandemic, and about half of respondents said they plan to continue the policies until the second half of the year.

Andrew Challenger, vice president of the executive outplacement and coaching firm Challenger Gray & Christmas said that companies that are can provide work-from-home are doing so and are continuing to do so.

Challenger said his conversations with human resources executives indicated a reluctance to mandate a return to the office while the virus is still circulating, and parts of the country face surges. In some cases, local or state lockdowns, school and day care closings or restrictions on building capacities also limit employers' options.

According to another recent survey, 31 percent of professionals from 42 tech companies said they are only putting in between three and four hours a day. However, the survey did not ask the workers to self report productivity.