Evidence is as evidence doesAs the return-to-office battle has heated up in the past six months, there has been a marked increase in declarations that remote work is less productive.
The researchers determined that remote workers were 18% less productive than their in-person counterparts.
Just the vibesDespite the limited evidence against it, corporations are increasingly trying to kill remote work.
That's what makes the move to kill off remote work so frustrating.
It's not clear that the return-to-office move is about making workers more productive or building a better culture.
Persons:
it's, Mike Hopkins, they're, India —, Nicholas Bloom, who's, David Baszucki's, Geico, Amazon's Andy Jassy, Geico's Todd Combs, there's, Safra, Larry Ellison, wrongheaded, galvanizing sycophants, Ed Zitron
Organizations:
Amazon, Amazon Studios, National Bureau of Economic Research, Journalists, Stanford, Meta, —, Writers Guild of America, SAG, United Auto Workers
Locations:
India