The great divide: are office workers more productive than those at home?

Amazon has told staff they must return five days a week – but experts don’t all agree that flexible working cuts outputFour years ago when the world of work was upended by the Covid pandemic, confident predictions were made that a permanent shift in remote working would follow the removal of lockdown restrictions.Much has clearly changed since. Some of the earliest preachers of the brave new teleworking world – including the US tech companies Google and Microsoft – are among the most vocal to repent. Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/19/office-workers-working-from-home-amazon

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