From the mouth of CEOs it's clear they're trying to wrestle back low wages and unpaid overtime using shame. Especially out of touch when they bad mouth their own subordinates and think it doesn't reflect poorly on themselves.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/16/marc-benioff-says-newer-sale...

It's a convenient narrative. We're all suffering because the workers are too lazy!

Yeah those lazy builders need to stop working from home and put on a damn tie!

My fear is that the driver behind this is widespread WFH due to COVID-19.

Assessing "worker productivity" is hard for all but the most simple jobs, but the desire to do so, I reckon, is buried deep within each mind of the pointy-haired.

The unfortunate reality of the situation is that so-called "bullshit jobs" form the basis for the only system approximating UBI in the US, so movement in this space will further erode what remains of the American middle class…

… and AI will grind it down to the nub.

>but everyone (especially in the media, but also in corporate life) is attacking "worker productivity" lately

I don't need bar graphs or anything, but can you provide some recent examples you saw? I certainly don't remember seeing articles to that effect recently.