"I worked from home today" is code for

I did 4x the amount of work that I could have done from the office because I worked uninterrupted for 8 continuous hrs in the comfort of my own home (while I may or may not have been wearing pajamas) surrounded by snacks @AcademicChatter

— PhD Diaries (@thoughtsofaphd) October 7, 2019

I am not in academia, but my productivity when I work from home is often 10x as high when I’m in the office.

No interruptions works wonders. If executives and companies actually cared about profit and productivity, they’d want nearly everyone to work from home. But they don’t; they care about power.