{"id":482827,"date":"2022-08-09T21:14:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T18:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/malcolm-gladwell-roasted-for-criticizing-remote-workers\/"},"modified":"2022-08-09T21:14:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T18:14:04","slug":"malcolm-gladwell-roasted-for-criticizing-remote-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/malcolm-gladwell-roasted-for-criticizing-remote-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"#Malcolm Gladwell roasted for criticizing remote workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2dae5f8adec\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2dae5f8adec\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/malcolm-gladwell-roasted-for-criticizing-remote-workers\/#%E2%80%9CMalcolm_Gladwell_roasted_for_criticizing_remote_workers%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Malcolm Gladwell roasted for criticizing remote workers&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMalcolm_Gladwell_roasted_for_criticizing_remote_workers%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Malcolm Gladwell roasted for criticizing remote workers&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Malcolm Gladwell touched a nerve on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> last week as thousands of remote workers took to Twitter to denounce the renowned author for suggesting that those who \u201csit in their pajamas\u201d at home cannot \u201chave a feeling of belonging\u201d or \u201cfeel necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users pointed out that Gladwell, the Canadian journalist and New Yorker staff writer who authored bestsellers including \u201cThe Tipping Point\u201d and \u201cOutliers,\u201d once extolled the virtues of working from outside the office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re just sitting in your pajamas in your bedroom, is that the work life you wanna live?\u201d Gladwell told \u201cDiary of a CEO\u201d business podcaster Steven Bartlett recently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want you to have a feeling of belonging, and to feel necessary. And if you\u2019re not here, it\u2019s really hard to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gladwell is also co-founder of Pushkin Industries, a New York City-based publisher of podcasts and audiobooks. He was asked by Bartlett about the problems he faces in convincing his employees to return to the office.<\/p>\n<p>Mary McNamara, a culture columnist for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/story\/2022-08-09\/malcolm-gladwell-employee-return-to-office\">the Los Angeles Times<\/a>, took umbrage with Gladwell, declaring: \u201cI\u2019m working in my jammies and I\u2019m just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McNamara writes in the LA Times that Gladwell\u2019s comments are \u201cpretty rich coming from an author who does not work in an office.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/malcolm-gladwell-work-from-home-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Gladwell, the Canadian author, is the bestselling author of blockbuster books including &quot;The Tipping Point,&quot; &quot;Outliers,&quot; and &quot;Blink.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-23389052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/malcolm-gladwell-work-from-home-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/malcolm-gladwell-work-from-home-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/malcolm-gladwell-work-from-home-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gladwell is the bestselling author of blockbuster books including \u201cThe Tipping Point,\u201d \u201cOutliers,\u201d and \u201cBlink.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Associated Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She then notes that Gladwell has \u201cwritten extensively about aversion to offices and his subsequent choice to write from his home and in cafes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, Gladwell told The Guardian that he wrote his bestseller \u201cBlink\u201d while gallivanting around New York, Rome and London.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI refer to my writing as \u2018rotating\u2019,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2005\/mar\/05\/workandcareers.politicsphilosophyandsociety\">Gladwell told The Guardian. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always say \u2018I\u2019m going to rotate\u2019 because I have a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of spots that I rotate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, Gladwell penned a guest op-ed for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB10001424052748704147804575455923448456324\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> in which he describes his experiences working from coffee shops in New York, Paris, Zurich, Toronto and London.<\/p>\n<p>This prompted McNamara to observe: \u201cAlthough it is not at all surprising that a writer of books and essays would work from home (though cafes? come on), it is always delicious when someone puts their big ol\u2019 foot in a pile of \u2018do what I say not what I do\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/malcolm-gladwell-work-from-home-04.jpg?w=683\" alt=\"Social media users pointed out that while Gladwell urged workers to go back into the office, he has written essays in years past extolling the virtues of working from cafes.\" class=\"wp-image-23389054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/malcolm-gladwell-work-from-home-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1366 1366w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/malcolm-gladwell-work-from-home-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/malcolm-gladwell-work-from-home-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/malcolm-gladwell-work-from-home-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>Social media users pointed out that while Gladwell urged workers to go back into the office, he has written past essays extolling the virtues of working from cafes.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Twitter users were more scathing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo s\u2013t Malcolm Gladwell thinks I\u2019m not good at working from home yet,\u201d quipped Ginny Hogan. \u201cI\u2019ve only been doing it for 8792 hours.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Hogan\u2019s tweet referenced the \u201c10,000 hour rule,\u201d which Gladwell describes in his book \u201cOutliers.\u201d According to Gladwell, attaining mastery at any skill requires a minimum of 10,000 hours of intense practice.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"999\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/malcolm-gladwell-work-from-home-01.jpg?w=999\" alt=\"Gladwell is co-founder of Pushkin Industries, a New York City-based podcast and audiobook production company.\" class=\"wp-image-23389056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/malcolm-gladwell-work-from-home-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1998 1998w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/malcolm-gladwell-work-from-home-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1499 1498w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/malcolm-gladwell-work-from-home-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=999 999w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/malcolm-gladwell-work-from-home-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=500 499w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/malcolm-gladwell-work-from-home-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\"\/><figcaption>Gladwell is co-founder of Pushkin Industries, a New York City-based podcast and audiobook production company.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">@malcolmgladwell<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Twitter user Mike Drucker tweeted: \u201cMalcolm Gladwell needs you at your cubicle if he\u2019s going to write more pseudo<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> self-help books marketed to dummies who were in a gifted class forty years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dan Price, the CEO of Seattle-based payments processor Gravity Payments who made <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> years ago when he slashed his salary from more than $1 million per year to around $70,000 annually, said his firm has only benefited from working remotely.<\/p>\n<p>Price chimed in: \u201cI\u2019m CEO of a company that went remote two years ago. Last year we had our highest revenue and lowest employee turnover in our history (in 19 years). We also had about 300 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications per job opening.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Post has sought comment from Gladwell.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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