Return To Work: The REAL Story with Dr. Phil

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Remote working made sense until it didn’t. We had little choice during the beginning of the pandemic. But those days are long gone. While some jobs justify working from home, most of us would be better off getting dressed, leaving the house, and working in a real office, where we have human interaction and a clear differentiation between work and home.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Dr. Phil back at you with the real story.
0:03.0	This one probably impacts you directly.
0:07.0	That is, if you're in the workforce, and especially if you are working from home.
0:12.0	I'm talking about this current clash between those who work from home and are under a mandate to return to the office.
0:21.5	Get back to work.
0:23.7	Look, this is a big deal right now because it's predicted that 87% of companies are going to demand that their workers return to the office between now and the end of the year.
0:36.6	And people aren't going to want to do that.
0:39.1	So today I want to start with a simple question.
0:42.3	When exactly did requiring an employee to show up at the office become a debate?
0:49.8	Look, this tradition started a long time ago.
0:53.0	Historians tell us that you can trace it all the way back
0:56.5	to ancient Rome, with clerical office work
1:00.2	becoming widespread in the 17th century.
1:04.4	And since then, the office became central
1:07.6	to American professional culture.
1:09.7	It's saying the server went down.
1:11.6	Does anybody know that password?
1:13.6	Because otherwise we can't do any work.
1:14.6	Synonymous with productivity, accountability, and collaborating where people got together.
1:19.6	They talked in the hall, they talked around the water cooler, they talked at break time and said,
1:23.6	hey, I got a great idea. How about you? You have an idea? What do you think of my idea?
1:29.3	Collaboration, stimulation, just exchange of ideas, going in a conference room, meeting, talking.
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