Companies do not have missions. They are mandated to earn money - a simple and clear goal. Everything else companies proclaim is what I like to call: social substitution currency. These are used to motivate employees to put more effort in their work than is required by terms of their contracts, and is also used as a marketing tool.

Now a full remote worker is much less influenced by peer pressure and thereby the substitution currency won’t work effectively. That’s one reason why CEOs want them back at the office

Since even in the best category only 35% agree with the company mission the problem is obviously not "remote workers".

Also ironic how they scale the graph to make it seem larger than it actually is. But the difference between fully in office and remote is just 5%.

Given a higher paying offer 99% of people with say "see ya later" to the current company.

> Fully remote workers reported higher levels of engagement than their in-office colleagues

The article seemed so confused about what it wanted to say: my impression was that the data didn’t fit the author’s pre-existing bias, so the article was written in a way that implied something that wasn’t backed by the data at all.

> If you don't trust them, they actually are going to work less hard for you

Trust? Ask the colleagues that got laid off by email.

Virtually nobody cares about the company mission. Remote workers are slightly below in person workers, but they don't give a shit either.

I am just as happy when my company fails as when it succeeds. Not my job to care.