It also has to do with status and power. One of the perks of being a manager or executive is how people defer to you. The micro status signals the occur in remo

It also has to do with status and power. One of the perks of being a manager or executive is how people defer to you. The micro status signals the occur in remote work don’t have the same effect/aren’t as satisfying. Remote work also makes managers/executives jobs a bit harder even if it makes the firm as a whole more productive. They have the incentive and ability to push for return to office, so they do so.