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Earlier in the pandemic many news and magazine organizations would proudly write about how working from home always actually can lead to over working and being too "productive". I am yet to collect some evidence on it but I think we remember a good amount about this.

Now after a bunch of companies want their remote workers back at the office, every one of those companies are being almost propaganda machines which do not cite sound scientific studies but cite each other and interviews with higher ups in top companies that "remote workers are less productive". This is further cementing the general public's opinion on this matter.

And research that shows the opposite is buried deep within any search results.

Have you noticed this? Please share what you have observed. I'm going paranoid about this.

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[–] UnaSolaEstrellaLibre@lemmy.world 70 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Corpo news outlets are spewing out bullshit PR hitpieces to protect their investments on real-estate offices. COVID lockdown got them with their pants down and now are fighting tooth and nail to pull them back up lmao

[–] Uranium3006@kbin.social 30 points 1 year ago

if you pay attention, a lot of it's opinion articles from insufferable people

[–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Yep, 100%. They're fucked too because smaller companies aren't shying away from remote work. They'll never kill it now. They reaped the fruit of their shitty investment strategies.