https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7zejd/malcom-gladwell-says-working-from-home-is-bad-unless-its-him-doing-it

On Friday, comments made by writer Malcolm Gladwell about the supposed pointlessness of remote work went viral. “It’s very hard to feel necessary when you’re physically disconnected,” Gladwell said in an interview for the Diary of a CEO podcast, at points going so far as to cry in protest of working from home.

“As we face the battle that all organizations are facing now in getting people back into the office, it’s really hard to explain this core psychological truth, which is we want you to have a feeling of belonging and to feel necessary,” Gladwell explained, adding that it's not in workers' "best interest" to work at home.