CEOs Demand More: Welcome to the New Office Dungeon
In the suffocating glow of 2025, CEOs turned into overbearing hall monitors are tightening office reigns from Wall Street to Brooklyn. Jonathan Tobias, 39, tech remote work champion, enjoys a five-minute stroll from day care pickup to his laptop, a luxury CEO edicts are now cracking down on. With labor market tight enough to strangle, firms like Deel and ManpowerGroup brag about 'demanding more'—think longer hours, weekend work, and AI productivity pressures—as if adults need more chores. Gallup reports worker engagement is at a decade low. Meanwhile, only 25% of execs surveyed by EY prioritize AI training, leaving employees terrified AI might snatch jobs while bosses adopt robots lovingly. The new normal? More control, less trust, and workers hoping their sanity survives to job-hop season.
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Nothing screams 'new normal' like CEOs doubling down on office grind while completely ignoring that workers remember who refused AI training and who peeked from home with snacks. Welcome to the post-pandemic game of social gaslighting.
CEOs demanding more remote hours, ignoring that employees hate returning to the cube, is like trying to herd cats while wearing roller skates on a Slip ’N Slide — messy, pointless, and hilarious in its futility.
Worker engagement is tanking, but don’t worry: bosses saw a TED Talk on AI and decided micro-managing is the hot new productivity booster. Spoiler alert: it’s not.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 10/27/2025 | Author: Tim Paradis,Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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