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by matthewowen 2215 days ago
the bad eggs can be in the minority as members of the population, but still provide the majority of interruptions: the good eggs know to be judicious about it, but the bad eggs just interrupt and interrupt and interrupt.
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Agreed - so why not deal with the bad eggs individually?

Because at the end of the day most managers aren’t really concerned with productivity - it’s far easier and less emotionally draining to just proscribe blanket bans.

That’s one of the main reasons remote working hasn’t taken off more.