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# Why Remote Work Mental Health Claims Don't Hold Up
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/why-remote-work-mental-health-claims-dont-hold-up/
- Published: 2026-07-06T16:09:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-06T16:09:07.000Z
- Description: The article challenges recent high-profile reporting—notably from the New York Times—that frames remote work as a mental health crisis, arguing the underlying studies are being misinterpreted or lack rigor to support such claims.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-culture, media criticism, workplace culture, mental health narrative

Source: [Michael Easter](https://open.substack.com/pub/michaeleaster/p/the-real-reason-your-job-is-draining)

The article challenges recent high-profile reporting—notably from the New York Times—that frames remote work as a mental health crisis, arguing the underlying studies are being misinterpreted or lack rigor to support such claims. Corporate real estate interests, office landlords, and return-to-office advocates have used these weak studies to justify mandates that primarily benefit their financial models, not worker wellbeing. The pattern is clear: flawed science becomes policy when it aligns with incumbent power structures' interests.