I don’t buy the research cited in this article at all. Defining productivity based on employee Q&A seems very error prone, especially when asking them to recoll

I don’t buy the research cited in this article at all. Defining productivity based on employee Q&A seems very error prone, especially when asking them to recollect what they did a week ago. Further, at least anecdotally, there are a ton of synchronizing benefits to being in the same physical space with your colleagues. If anything I don’t think return to office is about power, rather it is about control. The ability to have impromptu meetings where everyone is placed inside a room controls employee focus. Further, there is etiquette to being in a meeting. No computers, no phones, no distractions. It is so easy for people to get distracted in video meetings because their work is right next to them.