> Once you taste it, it's nearly impossible to go back to such controlled, desk-equated productivity environments.
This is an underrated source of class division, I think. Working- and lower-class people in menial jobs endure tortuous levels of this stuff, far beyond what your average office worker would ever think is reasonable (or maybe even possible).
Interesting way to put it. Can confirm - have C-level friends whom experience a drastically opposite work life than what you described. Separately, it is unfortunate management at any level can assert “power plays” to those below them with little downside.
This is an underrated source of class division, I think. Working- and lower-class people in menial jobs endure tortuous levels of this stuff, far beyond what your average office worker would ever think is reasonable (or maybe even possible).