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Re:Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds by shagie on Monday February 19, 2024 @10:55AM (#39431128)
They did and it's been known for a while. That wasn't lost on the productivity side of the equation. The other side is the cost side. The cost side often won out.

Peopleware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peopleware:_Productive_Project... was first published back in '87 and had a long list of references back then on previous studies.

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Re:Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds by LeafItAlone on Monday February 19, 2024 @11:07AM (#39431305)
> The cost side often won out.

I was in two offices in the past decade where they renovated an office to make it more open. Other than burning down a budget in one case, the renovations had no purpose other than opening up the office. They didn’t even make room for more people

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