Major study from Stanford workplace guru reveals that hybrid work has no negative impact on getting promoted


Bloom’s co-authored study found that hybrid working reduced attrition, had no impact on productivity or performance and generated ‘millions of dollars in savings’ for the business. — Getty Images/Fortune/The New York Times

Bosses have doubled down on their return-to-office demands of late, with many increasing their spending on office space and threatening to link pay and progression with showing face – but new research shows that such businesses may be left with fewer workers to summon to their vertical towers.

At least, that’s what Nick Bloom, Stanford economist and the brains behind remote work research group WFH Research, has documented in his latest co-authored paper on hybrid working.

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