David Heinemeier Hansson

The modern workplace has become an interruption factory. Constantly cutting the work day into fleeting work moments. Half the people who feel zapped by work at the end of the week do so because they actually want to get the job done, but just can't seem to find the peace and calm to do so.

Just let me do my job

Fair points. But I think this new normal is somewhat enabled by the fact we can now measure more of what matters (e.g., KPIs, OKRs, etc.) All those measurements lead to more interruptions. There is also consumer expectation that things work all the time (DevOps is a brand new discipline), so it’s no wonder that leads to interruptions. And of course internet scale contributes too (more people, more problems).

And companies think this will get better if they force everyone back into the office.

I moved from a developer to a project manager and was surprised with the number of recurring overly long project meetings that don’t end up doing anything. It’s sad.