The fantasy many employers have of what the office was is currently running up against reality. cliomiso writes that the office isn’t the problem — it’s work
Photo: George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images To hear it from bosses, the office is sacred. It’s a space where the walls practically vibrate with possibility. Apple’s Tim Cook told People last March that he couldn’t wait to go back and experience a little of that magic again. “Innovation isn’t always a planned activity,” he said. “It’s bumping into each other over the course of the day and advancing an idea that you just had.
And as much as employers talk about interaction, the modern office is often a place where one goes to be alone among others. A study by Harvard Business School’s Ethan Bernstein in 2019 found that contemporary open offices have actually led to 70 percent fewer face-to-face interactions.
Anderson, who argues in Private Government that workplaces function as little autocracies and sites of extreme surveillance, was also quick to point out that remote work does not free the worker from the bosses’ watchful eye.
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