Cancel the commute: We need new ways to measure productivity at work
In a randomized trial of 1,612 employees at Trip.com, Stanford’s Nicholas Bloom and co-authors found that a two-days-at-home schedule reduced quit rates by one-third without damaging performance.
Nicholas Bloom, Ruobing Han and James Liang Hybrid working from home improves retention without damaging performance. Nature 630, 920–925 (2024).
4 August 2026