The Working-From-Home Debate Gets Old
Computerworld, Tuesday, August 8,2023
If your people are happy and productive doing their job from home, let them!
Way too many bosses are sure that remote work hurts worker productivity. According to a Microsoft international survey of 20,000 people, "85% of leaders say that the shift to hybrid work has made it challenging to have confidence that employees are being productive."
Too bad the data doesn't support this prejudice.
It's productivity paranoia. Middle managers, unable to look over the shoulders of their workers or hang out with their buddies, fear their workers are getting away with being lazy.