Gen Z CEO says ex-Asda boss is WRONG about working from home and some of her best work is done 'from laptop in bed'
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A Gen Z CEO has hit back at Lord Stuart Rose after the ex-Asda boss said working from home doesn't count as 'proper work' in a recent interview. He said: 'We are creating a whole generation, and probably a generation beyond that, of people who are used to actually not doing what I call proper work.
![[Lord Rose, the former boss of Marks & Spencer and Asda , 75, told BBC 's Panorama working from home is creating a generation who are 'not doing proper work', in an episode that was aired on January 20]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/10/94382261-14312311-image-a-34_1737541431940.jpg)
'I believe that productivity is less good if you work from home,' he continued, adding that 'your personal development suffers'. The British businessman also suggested there was 'a correlation' between the state of young people's mental health and 'the number of people working away from a workplace'.
![[Vicky Owens, 24, runs a social media agency called Socially Speaking that counts big-name brands such as Netflix, TikTok, and Vogue among its clients]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/10/94381521-14312311-image-a-32_1737541423574.jpg)
'I think it's bad,' he offered his verdict on hybrid working. Vicky Owens, 24, runs a social media agency called Socially Speaking that counts big-name brands such as Netflix, TikTok, and Vogue among its clients. The Manchester-native has criticised Lord Rose's comments by saying 'suffering through a long commute to the office' has nothing to do with being productive.
![[The Manchester-native has criticised Lord Rose's comments by saying 'suffering through a long commute to the office' has nothing to do with being productive]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/10/94381519-14312311-image-a-33_1737541426397.jpg)
A Gen Z CEO has hit back at Lord Stuart Rose after the ex-Asda boss said working from home doesn't count as 'proper work' in a recent interview. Lord Rose, the former boss of Marks & Spencer and Asda , 75, told BBC 's Panorama working from home is creating a generation who are 'not doing proper work', in an episode that was aired on January 20.
![[Just over a quarter of people in the UK are thought to be hybrid-working (stock picture)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/10/94289621-14312311-Just_over_a_quarter_of_people_in_the_UK_are_thought_to_be_hybrid-a-35_1737543154100.jpg)
Vicky Owens, 24, runs a social media agency called Socially Speaking that counts big-name brands such as Netflix, TikTok, and Vogue among its clients. The Manchester-native has criticised Lord Rose's comments by saying 'suffering through a long commute to the office' has nothing to do with being productive.
![[Many staff still WFH post-Covid after enjoying the saved time and money by not commuting]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/22/10/94289615-14312311-Many_staff_still_WFH_post_Covid_after_enjoying_the_saved_time_an-a-36_1737543161035.jpg)
