It think it’s obvious CEOs have biases that make them want in person, since it allows them to feel more power and control.
On the other hand these studies are very weak and probably don’t actually mean very much. Productivity of individual employees is essentially impossible to measure correctly, and then how do to measure interaction costs like slower communication or lost opportunities in chance meetings and conversations?
So I don’t think we really can say one way or another how good it is for the company. Obviously employees do prefer remote work but the goal of a CEO isn’t just to make employees happy so it’s not like we should expect them to.
On the other hand these studies are very weak and probably don’t actually mean very much. Productivity of individual employees is essentially impossible to measure correctly, and then how do to measure interaction costs like slower communication or lost opportunities in chance meetings and conversations?
So I don’t think we really can say one way or another how good it is for the company. Obviously employees do prefer remote work but the goal of a CEO isn’t just to make employees happy so it’s not like we should expect them to.