Research suggests bosses push return-to-office mandates for self-serving reasons, not productivity
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Adam Grant, Marissa Shandell, Courtney Elliott
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A guest essay argues that despite the pandemic ending, a third of U.S. companies have mandated full-time in-person work, banning remote and hybrid options. While leaders claim productivity, collaboration, or culture as reasons, the author's new research suggests the real objection to work-from-home is more self-serving — it's about managerial control and ego rather than actual business benefits.
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bskyResearch suggests bosses push return-to-office mandates for self-serving reasons, not productivitynytimes.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledWhen the pandemic came to an end, many people who had been working from home assumed they would be allowed to maintain that habit at least a few days a week.
Some leaders say they insist on full-time in-person work because it boosts productivity, despite clear evidence that it does not.
Our new research reveals that the objection to any work from home is more
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