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Unfortunately for you, life experience and common sense show that when people aren't being observed or monitored, they take shortcuts, work less, cheat, etc. You are welcome to meet with the CEO and show him or her your "studies" but I doubt they will be very persuasive.

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Here are my "studies" to complement your "gut-feeling" (which I'm sure is easy to ascertain with the proximity of your head to them)

- https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/d...

- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200519005295/en/

- https://owllabs.com/state-of-remote-work/2021/

Weak sauce. Any boss with the bare minimum of critical thought would reject your assertions. Two of your studies are from companies that build remote-work software. 100% biased. The other looked at call center metrics from China. Is the work you do mindless like that of a call center? Are you expected to collaborate with others? Is your productivity as easy to measure as calls answered per hour? Did US or Europe ever limit the number of children parents (employees) could bear, and thus need to care for?

These weak sauce sources are better than any (read: none) sources you've been so kind as to share. To your point, I am better at mindful activities when I'm alone in my quiet home office with a comfortable chair than I am in a noisy cube farm with Jeff trying to talk to me about his weekend plans or asking me to head to the next-door Mexican restaurant for lunch. Plus, I work longer when I don't have an hour of commute to worry about. Eat breakfast and I'm ready to work.

“Life experience and common sense”. You’re a waste of time.

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