Why “Back to the Office” Hurts Women More Than Men

<p>Two days ago, WeWork filed for bankruptcy, and I felt quite a bit of schadenfreude. Why? In 2021, WeWork CEO Sandeep Mathrani was one of the first to publicly vilify remote workers.</p> <p>In the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/wework-ceo-says-workers-who-want-back-into-the-office-are-the-most-engaged-11620837018" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal,</a>&nbsp;he described people who want to work from home as the least engaged employees. And he&rsquo;s been on my shitlist ever since.</p> <p>The decline of the office-sharing wunderkind &mdash; once valued at $47 billion &mdash; proves my pet conspiracy theory:&nbsp;Companies are pushing people back into their cubicles to stop office real estate value decline.</p> <p>When it comes to investors&rsquo; money, the negative impact on people&rsquo;s lives is a price they&rsquo;re willing to pay.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/bitchy/why-back-to-the-office-hurts-women-more-than-men-0e3ae1eb664b"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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