Majority of Workers
Who've Gone Remote , Dread Returning to the Office.
CNN reports as the COVID-19 outlook improves, employees whose jobs transitioned to working from home may not be too excited for a return to the workplace.
According to Pew Research Center, 59% of Americans
who started working remotely said they've
continued working from home most or all of the time.
60% of employees whose jobs shifted to work from home say they want it to stay that way as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes.
Why do Americans want to
keep working from home?.
Pew Research shows 42% of remote workers say a return to the workplace increases their chances of possible exposure to COVID-19.
The highest cited reason employees want to stay home? They prefer it that way.
76% of employees surveyed said they
favor remote work to a shared office.
For employees with kids, 32% said a
lack of affordable child care led them
to prefer working from home.
Of those who hadn't worked from home before the pandemic, 64% say working remotely has improved their work-life balance.
44% of those surveyed said working
remotely has increased their ability to complete tasks and meet deadlines