One possibility is that managers are less certain of their team’s commitment and are holding more meetings to check on them.Another is that managers call so many meetings to validate their own existence when they are not in the office.However, the academics suggest the greater need for meetings is the result of the greater difficulty of co-ordinating employees when they are working remotely―another hint that the process is inefficient.When working remotely, employees also spend less time being evaluated, trained and coached.This seems a raw deal for the employees.They received no more money for the overtime.Although they saved commuting time, this did not offset the extra hours spent in meetings.Not all workers behaved the same way.Those who had worked at the company the longest tended to be more productive, suggesting that they found it easier to navigate the hazards of home-working.Employees with children worked around 20 minutes a day more than those without,implying an even greater fall in their productivity, presumably because they were distracted by child-care duties.So does this mean companies will abandon remote working altogether, even its hybrid version?The academics point out that the staff at the firm under study are nearly all college-educated
