New data on the challenges of working from home; Musk may be right

In June, Tesla Inc TSLA CEO Elon Musk issued a memo asking all of his employees to return to the office, saying remote work was no longer acceptable.

Musk has asked his employees to spend more than 40 hours at company facilities each week or they would be fired. Now, according to new data, Musk's concern about working from home appears to be well founded.

A survey of 2,000 knowledge workers found that over 54% said they felt pressured to show their status online.

Data shows that knowledge workers waste 67 minutes online every day performing menial tasks for the express purpose of "proving to their managers and colleagues that they are available and they work".

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According to another report, people with long-term COVID are 54% more likely to presenteeism or show up for work when they cannot fully function.

In June, Musk took to Twitter to say that remote workers "should pretend to work somewhere else."

Talking about the work-from-home norm, David Solomon, CEO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS, says remote work is no match for the office when it comes to work learning, growth and upward mobility.

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