Does the boss want those 2 hours of your free time back? A study says fighting through crowds to office each day hurts productivity

Never want to return to daily 9-5 regime? Use psychology to baffle higher-ups
Paul Kunert
Mon 26 Apr 2021 // 10:00 UTC
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With some company bosses hellbent on forcing staff to return to the office once the pandemic is over, research has arrived that warns of the productivity pitfalls of expecting minions to re-embrace the daily commute.
Whether it be fighting through traffic in a car, risking your life on British roads from the saddle of a bike or enduring the grind of train delays and breakdowns, very few sane humans will have missed the thrill of travelling to work.
Now a paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Psychology may be riding to the rescue of travel-shy people everywhere. Sure, it states the bleeding obvious, but it might provide an opportunity to blind your dullard boss with science.

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