da bet esporte： Sir Jim Ratcliffe's decision to stop Manchester United's non-playing staff from working from home was motivated by email traffic.

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Ratcliffe ordered end to working from homeUsed email traffic at another company as evidenceWarned angry staff to look for other employmentWHAT HAPPENED?

Ratcliffe and INEOS have cracked the whip at Old Trafford and ordered all staff to return to offices, ending a work-from-home culture that has been in effect since the Covid-19 pandemic. Ratcliffe announced that policy would end during an all-staff meeting last week.

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Ratcliffe's reasoning was that, at one of his other companies, email traffic dropped by 20 per cent when they experimented with work-from-home Fridays, according to . However, staff have ridiculed the decision as they see it as short-sighted and have said there is not enough room to accommodate all employees in the Manchester and London offices.

WHAT RATCLIFFE SAID

The new United part-owner is said to have warned staff that they should look for a new job if they have a problem with the decision. He reportedly said at the meeting: "If you don’t like it, please seek alternative employment."

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Ratcliffe will have to turn his attention back to solving United's on-field problems as the season nears its end. INEOS are said to be set to sack coach Erik ten Hag at the end of the campaign, with Bayern Munich manager Thomas Tuchel and England boss Gareth Southgate among the options to replace him.