Malcolm Gladwell, Remote Worker, Roasted For Encouraging A Return To The Office

Writer Malcolm Gladwell is under fire after remarks he made on a recent podcast about how workers should get back to the office after years of remote work for some following the coronavirus pandemic. Arguing that working in-person responded to a “deep psychological truth," giving people a greater sense of purpose and honest work, Gladwell seemed to become emotional.

People online, particularly on Twitter, rapidly responded to his remarks, mocking and roasting him heavily.

Gladwell, a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996, has purportedly worked from home for decades. He has even written about how positive an experience it is for him, in an excerpt that many on Twitter quoted and shared.

Some who claimed to have known Gladwell – including a regular at the cafe and a former “fling” – described his love for the work-from-home lifestyle.

A number took the chance to dunk on Gladwell, who is one of the bestselling nonfiction writers of the past few years with his books like The Tipping Point and Outliers shaping many conversations and the publishing industry’s view of creative nonfiction. In the past, Gladwell has also faced blowback for what some see as the superficiality and questionable research in his books.

Alongside the work from home discourse, others also criticized the writer for his alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

As always, a contingent of posters made fun of the latest discourse itself, pointing out that nobody really needs to care about Malcolm Gladwell or have a "right" opinion about him.

It may be true that nobody needs to care about Malcolm Gladwell, but as evidenced by the numbers posts about him are doing, a great number of people want to care.