I wish I wrote this.
"From the fourth century onwards, the great monkish wfh experiment fell out of fashion and monks flooded into monasteries – just as many employers hope their staff will do this summer, as life reverts to some semblance of its before-covid (bc) self." https://www.economist.com/1843/2021/07/14/hell-is-other-people-a-monks-guide-to-office-life