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- The RTO push is eyewash for investors to prove that drops in revenue and profitability aren't a result of poor managerial decisions but the result of lazy workers sitting at home in their pajamas. In some ways, it's a genius move for executives — a way to establish control over workers during an unprecedented societal awareness of labor rights (thanks to the striking workers of the Writers Guild of America, SAG-AFTRA, and the United Auto Workers) while also shifting the blame and consequences of poor stock performance onto those least responsible.
I've worked both in person and remote jobs in my career, and I can say in my N of 1 study that my productivity depends wholly on how interested I am in the work and nothing more. Working remote has the advantage that you don't have to pretend to work when you don't have anything pressing to do.