The backlash in opposition to distant work, when it got here, was swift and fierce. After a post-pandemic honeymoon, when many corporations flirted with the thought of letting workers work at home for ever, bosses started summoning staff again to the workplace. “I’ve had it with this…I’ve been working seven days a goddamn week since covid and I are available in and—the place’s everyone else?” groused Jamie Dimon, boss of JPMorgan Chase, in leaked feedback from a current townhall on the financial institution.
