well, christian isn t alone, a uk report by the london school of economics found that women working in finance, in particular were rejecting mandatory calls to come back to the office. i caught up with the author of the report. grace, a pleasure having you. you spoke to around 100 people for this report, some of whom were so resistant to going back to the office they said they would refuse. why? i think they understood the value of remote work. they are not resistant to go back to work, they don t want to be going into work when it is pointless to be going into work. these people in financial and professional services, it is quite common to go into the office, looking at a computer and talking to a colleague in another country or a colleague who happened to be at home. what they wanted was their employer to take seriously the idea that a remote first working, where productivity and operations are still put first,