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