Microsoft Survey Accidentally Reveals Truth About Remote Work

A recent survey about the future of hybrid work released by Microsoft featured plenty of predictable conclusions about how people will start to blend remote work and office work as offices slowly reopen. A more sobering review of the survey spotlighted one unintended finding: the extreme flexibility of remote work is also leading many workers to the point of digital exhaustion ... and their bosses aren’t noticing.

In the absence of management by walking around, bosses are delighted at the rise in output while workers are quietly suffering, dreaming of changing jobs and getting buried by constant work that erodes work-life balance.

The survey and conclusions should be a wake up call for leaders that people aren’t all fine just because they are getting more work done. In fact, that might be part of the problem.