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Companies will invoke even God to make employees return to offices. I don't trust Microsoft neither this study.

• jstx1 5y ago
  That argument works both ways - some people who like remote will do all sorts of mental gymnastics to defend WFH when presented with evidence that it isn't ideal.
  • walshemj 5y ago
    Just like when OOP was the new hotness any one suggesting that maybe OOP wasn't suitable for 100% of projects - used to get shouted down on slash dot.
    • ThrowawayR2 5y ago
      Or XML and SOAP slightly later on. Everything had to use XML and SOAP or you weren't one of the cool kids; ugh.
• rybosworld 5y ago
  I think it's specifically driven by the management population. Individual contributors don't seem to feel too strongly about how their coworkers want to work (remote vs. in-office). But there seems to be a large effort by managers in general to get everyone back into the office, often without any supporting evidence for why that is a good option to force upon people. This study is not good evidence against remote work. If anything, this study is just confirming what we already know - that is, remote work happens differently (synchronously vs asynchronously). I've said it before and so have others: the push to bring everyone back into the office is in my opinion, representative of management's own insecurities.