PremiumOpinionOpinion byAdam Grant, Marissa Shandell and Courtney ElliottNew York Times·22 Jun, 2026 11:15 PM8 mins to readAdam Grant is an organisational psychologist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; Marissa Shandell and Courtney Elliott are PhD candidates at Wharton studying workplace health, technology and culture.Some leaders say they insist on full-time in-person work because it boosts productivity, despite clear evidence to the contrary. Illustration / JooHee Yoon, The New York TimesIt’s all about them.
When the pandemic came to an end, many people who had been working from home assumed they would be allowed to maintain that habit at least a few days a week. But today in the United States, a third of companies have forced everyone back to
