'Job lock' hits 24% of U.S. workers — staying in jobs they hate because losing health insurance terrifies them

Americans hang on to jobs they don't favor for multiple reasons, including salary, geographical convenience and upward mobility. Increasingly, with inflation rising, career professionals are sticking to jobs they don't like primarily for the health care benefits. Workplace experts call that syndrome 'job lock', and it's growing in the U.S. workplace.