Employee forced back to the office after 4 years of remote work starts arriving late every morning, and management has yet to say a word: ‘I’ve simply stopped caring'

What happens when forcing employees back to the office makes them stop caring about showing up on time?

Working from home or in a office has brought a big amount of discussion during the last couple of years. Some people prefer to work from the comfort of their home, since they feel more productive and even more concentrated, while others much rather like to separate their work life and personal life. There's no right or wrong answer: it really depends on each employee and the company's rules. The problem is when the company decides to implement a full-time back-to-the-office rule and pretends the employees won't care.

In the story, an employee worked remotely for four years and confessed that those were the most productive years of his professional life. He had enough time to sleep, work, eat, work out, and even enjoy his life outside of work. Now, he is forced to work in an office five days a week, and "between the commute, the endless chitchat, pointless office events, and sitting in video calls I could have joined from home", he feels like he has lost the joy of life.

Because there's no benefit for him in return, he decided to simply stop caring and arrive late every morning to the office. He leaves home at the time he should start working, arrives at the office almost 30 minutes late, and until now, nobody has said a word.