“It’s pretty obvious that those who are overly engaged with the company want to go to the office two-thirds of the time at least. Those who are least engaged are very comfortable working from home,” said Sandeep Mathrani, CEO of office leasing company WeWork, during The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything festival. Since the event, Mathrani’s comment has faced the scrutiny of media and the Internet, not just because it obviously serves his company’s objectives to discourage work from home (WFH) but because many people actually find WFH far more productive. After two years of our pandemic-induced mass remote work trial, the comment has struck a nerve in the ongoing discussion on the future of work, suggesting that opinions on the topic are strong and divided. So, what is the psychology behind the remote work vs office debate, does it depend on worker engagement, and is one space really more productive than the other? During the peaks of the […]