The “massive lie” that returning to work is magically better for productivity and collaboration

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/disastrous-experiment-real-reason-behind-hated-return-to-work-push/news-story/6f377ea396388a531de6cedf89936fe5

 

“I think the push in some quarters to get everyone back into the office for the majority of the time is being driven by two factors.

 

The first one is concern about commercial property values.

 

The second is a peculiar harking back by some managers to a 1950s Theory X approach. Theory X assumes that all workers are lazy, must be watched at all times and need to be directed and controlled in order to work.”

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