[MattPalmer1086]

When we all went remote during the pandemic, we were told by senior leadership that our productivity had measurably increased.

Now they want us back in a few days a month, which isn't too bad I guess. But it really has nothing to do with productivity.

We do less work when we commute, socialise more, don't accept early or late meetings, etc. Our teams are distributed across India, the UK, the EU and the US. Most of our actual work takes place on webex calls, even pre pandemic.

Now, it may be that the leadership value intangible things like culture and have decided that those are also important things. But at least for our company, productivity is not the reason they want us back sometimes.