Bosses hate work from home because 'home' is for women

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Bosses think working from home is for sissies — they see the home as the woman's domain.

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JPMorgan is asking senior managers to be in the office five days a week. Here's the latest on return-to-office mandates.

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Hi, I'm Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Today's Sunday edition, a roundup of some of our top stories.

On the agenda today:

A baby boomer who quit his 6-figure job rather than return to the office says managers are threatened by remote work and just want people back so they can see them working

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Dennis (not pictured) liked the autonomy of full-time remote work.

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My company is making us go back to the office 2 days a week to boost morale — but no one wants to be there

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Some employers are calling workers back to the office, which means a return to commuting.

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says inventing and 'riffing' on ideas is easier if staff are back in the office

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Andy Jassy said working from home isn't "the best long-term approach" in a letter to shareholders Thursday.

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The drama and politics in my office are so distracting that I have to work harder to make up for lost time

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A man sits at a desk in a dimly lit office.

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How 3 years of work from home have changed the US economy forever

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Jack Coopersmith sits outside his apartment and takes part in a remote meeting while working from home in May 22, 2020.

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Amazon’s head of HR rejects employees’ return-to-office petition

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It's finally Friday, friend-o. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I've made it through another week of procrastination (AKA talking too much).

I spend a lot of my day thinking about writing. Then I talk for hours with colleagues about anything and everything. But once my stress hits a breaking point, I might finally hunker down with noise-canceling headphones to write.

Elon Musk emailed Twitter staff at 2:30 a.m. telling them the 'office is not optional,' report says

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Elon Musk acquired Twitter in late October.

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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is aiming to update workers on the company's remote-work policy this summer, but he's not going to eliminate it completely

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Mark Zuckerberg said Meta will continue to support remote work, but it might consider updating its policy this summer.

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