Is remote work making us paranoid? Working from home may exacerbate uncertainty about status and feeling out of the loop. But so-called organisational paranoia isn't always irrational. Many people working from home are feeling a spectrum of new anxieties about their interactions with colleagues. The New York Times Share Therese Nauwelaertz had been working in information technology at a large healthcare organisation in Seattle for nine months when she got a new project manager. She still had the same supervisor, but this new person was a layer in between them. Up until the new person started, "it was pretty smooth going for a long time", Nauwelaertz, 48, says. But just a few days after the new manager started, "that's when the feedback break happened."