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End of an era: Zoom tells employees to return to office for work (nypost.com)
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End of an era: Zoom tells employees to return to office for work::Zoom is asking all of its employees to return to the office for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, when the tech company blew up as one of the main means of communication when people were forced to work from home.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Recent analysis of data suggests that productivity suffers when employees work remotely, and the effect is more dramatic the longer people remain away. This contradicts earlier studies conducted during the pandemic.

I'm not saying I agree.. just that this is the reason.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you have any sources? All I can find is articles from Forbes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Here is a recent paper that showed an 18% decline in productivity when workers moved remotely.

https://www.nber.org/papers/w31515.

Another study, originally published during the pandemic, initially found an 8% increase in the number of calls handled per hour by employees of an online retailer when they began working from home. The original study is here.

https://scholar.harvard.edu/eharrington/publications/working-remotely-selection-treatment-and-market-provision-remote-work.

Apparently new analysis of the data has shown a 4% decline instead of an 8% improvement. I can't find the revised analysis but this was quoted in Bloomberg and the Economist .. both behind pay walls unfortunately.