The backlash towards distant work, when it got here, was swift and fierce. After a post-pandemic honeymoon, when many firms flirted with the concept of letting employees make money working from home for ever, bosses started summoning staff again to the workplace. “I’ve had it with this…I’ve been working seven days a goddamn week since covid and I are available in and—the place’s all people else?” groused Jamie Dimon, boss of JPMorgan Chase, in leaked feedback from a current townhall on the financial institution.
