Without giving even the slightest idea on what productivity and how did they measure it I would say it is just plain propaganda from managers discovering that s

Without giving even the slightest idea on what productivity and how did they measure it I would say it is just plain propaganda from managers discovering that some of them (maybe a good lot) are becoming redundant. As for learning things - there is insane amount of knowledge online and if one is unable to use it they have bigger problems than being/or not in the office.