There’s the problem right there. The Peter-Principle phenomenon of successful salespeople being disastrously assumed to be successful managers is so widespread that one of the most successful sitcoms in history had that as one of its core premises.
These are the same kinds of attention-thirsty managers who simply must have a live and captive on-site audience of employees (useless Zoom meetings only partly satisfy them). That’s why I’m making the easy prediction that a lot of the remote work necessitated by the pandemic will be brought back on-site despite the fact that it’s as if not more efficient. And in the corporate world of the HR Culture, that will also mean increasing surveillance and cost-cutting measures that ultimately decrease productivity.
After a certain amount of money, the time starts becoming a lot more valuable. They can’t print up more of the latter.
