Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: Permanently Working From Home Can Be Damaging For Mental Health

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns that making remote work permanent could have serious consequences for workers’ social interaction and mental health. Times of India reports: Nadella said that an all-remote setup would be “replacing one dogma with another dogma.” “What does burnout look like? What does mental health look like? What does that connectivity and the community building look like? One of the things I feel is, hey, maybe we are burning some of the social capital we built up in this phase where we are all working remote. What’s the measure for that?” Nadella was quoted as saying. His comments came after Twitter, and most recently Square, announced that its employees will be able to work from home even after the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders end.