Working from home has spawned a generation “not doing proper work”, a former Marks & Spencer boss has said, writes Emily Hawkins.
Stuart Rose claimed a rise in remote working has caused the country’s wellbeing and productivity to regress by two decades.
The retail veteran’s criticism comes as the tide has been turning against working from home at many companies, which have insisted employees return to the office.
He said: “We are creating a whole generation and probably a generation beyond that of people who are used to actually not doing what I call proper work.”
Rose, 75, suggested the UK could not afford to work from home and was “in a parlous place”, adding: “We have regressed in this country in terms of working practices, productivity and in terms of the country’s wellbeing, I think, by 20 years in the last four.”
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