Imagine taking a flight you don’t want or need, to stretch your legs in the destination airport before heading straight back. Jerry (a pseudonym), who works in software sales, estimates that these kinds of flights make up about 15% of all his flights. Some Saturdays, he’ll take an immediate round trip from L.A. to the
Microsoft Says ‘Productivity Paranoia’ Can Hurt Hybrid Workplaces
Employees think they’re being just as productive as ever. Bosses aren’t buying it. New data from Microsoft’s Work Trend Index, which surveyed 20,000 employees across 11 countries, finds that despite early signs of a productivity boom during the pandemic—when many workers traded commuting time for more hours of working from home—there’s a steep divide between how