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Emma Grede is the powerhouse entrepreneur behind size-inclusive fashion brand Good American and shapewear line Skims\u2014some of the Kardashian family\u2019s most successful business ventures. (Grede co-founded the brands with Khlo\u00e9 and Kim, respectively.) In a recent Bloomberg<\/em> podcast<\/a>, Grede shared her staunch take on the pitfalls of remote work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWorking from home is career suicide,\u201d Grede said.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe only talk about the upside of working from home.\u201d Not only does she believe the workplace perk is \u201ccareer suicide,\u201d but she sees the damage of remote work having wider, lasting societal implications.<\/p>\n \u201cThink about what\u2019s happening in the world,\u201d Grede said. \u201cDeclining birthrates, declining marriage rates and loneliness epidemic. We think that none of that is linked to the number of people that, like, don\u2019t see people because they are doing Zoom calls from the living room. It\u2019s so crazy to not make that correlation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThe key to a long and happy life is your close relationships,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a hot take, considering that in the last year or so, return-to-office mandates have caused tension between employees and employers. While companies argue that working from the office boosts collaboration and productivity, some experts say that RTO has to be mandated with purpose and empathy to not drain engagement or break employee trust.<\/p>\n Over the last decade, Grede has been at the helm of some of the biggest names in the apparel industry. Good American, launched in 2016, was Grede\u2019s first apparel business venture, she said. The company launched with $1 million in sales on its first day. In 2019, Grede became the founding partner of Kim Kardashian\u2019s apparel and shapewear brand, Skims. Last November, Skims was valued at $5 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n