Beyond self-reports and perception-based outcomes, most extant studies that I’m aware of have found decreases in real output. For example, a randomized controlled trial by the NBER found that productivity of employees randomly assigned to work from home was 18% lower than employees randomly assigned to work in the office:
Another study found that output decreased by around 13% when employees worked from home, even though hours worked increased:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/…/721803
Cognitive performance may also decline in remote settings:
BlueLineBae@midwest.social 10 months ago
That was a good article with lots of great sources. But my tinfoil hat is telling me that all of these large companies demanding return to office aren’t doing it because “beliefs”. They’re doing it because the people have gained too much power in the last few years and this is the strategy to put them back in their place. Lay people off in hordes while interest is skyrocketing and demand more from them if they want to keep their jobs. Make them afraid and vulnerable so we can control them better. But again… that’s the tinfoil hat talking.
Big_Boss_77@kbin.social 10 months ago
Definitely makes sense...