Research: The Growing Inequality of Who Gets to Work from Home

Isn't it just the next step towards the modern version of feudalism we've been building?

The elite used to enjoy nice housing near the office while service workers had to commute long distance to serve their fancy latte. Now the elite can just stay home and servive workers deliver their fancy latte.

This is the core reason why CEOs are trying to crack down so hard on WFH. It's not about productivity or culture, it's about privilege. They are the ones who should enjoy a flexible schedule, work from a coffee shop, go to the gym in between 2 calls (or even take a call while running on the treadmill). We can't have regular white collar peons enjoying the same privilege.

The implicit bias is right there in the title, "Who Gets to Work From Home." As if WFH is a reward given to good little boys and girls instead of a business decision with nuanced rationale and its own set of management challenges that need to be understood in order to be successfully implemented.

The article also completely ignores the upsides of reduced traffic and commute times, less exposure to (potentially sick) coworkers, longer term increases in urban housing availability, etc. that WFH provides to those whose jobs still require their physical presence.

They started with the conclusion and are trying to work back from there.