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Camilla Cavendish

The home-working revolution is harming young workers

Bosses who insist on a return to the office are demonised – but turning up is better for your career, especially if you are just starting out.

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I know this sounds heretical. But if I had a kid working at EY or Bank of America who was being told to show up more often, I’d side with the bosses. While the younger generation is the most likely to demand homeworking, I fear they are also the most disadvantaged by it.

Over the past two years, I’ve been hearing stories from 20-somethings about the boredom, loneliness and frustration of internships and jobs that are exclusively or primarily online.

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Camilla Cavendish is an FT columnist, Harvard Fellow and former head of PM David Cameron's policy unit.

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