More Americans working from home don't want to return to office: Survey

WASHINGTON

More Americans want to work remotely instead of going back to the office, according to a poll released Wednesday.

The Pew Research Center said in a new survey that more workers today say they are doing this by choice rather than necessity.

"Among those who have a workplace outside of their home, 61% now say they are choosing not to go into their workplace, while 38% say they’re working from home because their workplace is closed or unavailable to them," said the survey.

60% of U.S. workers with jobs that can be done from home say when the coronavirus outbreak is over, if they have the choice, they’d like to work from home all or most of the time. This is up from 54% who said the same in 2020. https://t.co/S4qYmnxpUQ

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) February 16, 2022

Earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, 64% said they were working from home because their office was closed and 36% said they were choosing to work from home.

The reasons vary among the surveyed employees, with 42% citing exposure to COVID-19 while 76% said it is simply their choice.

Conducted Jan. 24-30, the study involved 10,237 US adults, including 5,889 employed adults who have only one job or who have multiple jobs.