The benefits of a more asynchronous workplace
I tried sharing these studies at my ex employers in Europe hoping they'd spare me the hellish 40 minute commute in stop/start traffic and they weren't interested at all.<p>Management there only values <i>"butt time in seats"</i> and the ability to come over and interrupt you by tapping you on the shoulder whenever they need something.<p>As one of my ex CEOs put it: <i>"If I don't see my employees stressing out at thier desks I get the impression they're not working."</i><p>Until we get over this psychological attachment of management loving to visually see their slaves on the open office plantation through their private panopticon[1] offices, remote won't take off no matter how many studies get published.<p>[1]<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon</a>