They were not ordered to go back to the office? They were ordered not to go back to the office?

Ordered front to the office, top tech talent right instead.

(It really is puzzling what exactly was intended by “opposite”)

Study did not find top talent joined when ordered to go back to the home

I suppose being blatantly obtuse and extremely literal worked as an argument this time, pray it'll work again for you the next time you want to employ this argument.

Yeah, what he's saying contradicts what the article is suggesting. That's why I'm asking about it

(I was just highlighting how ambiguous "opposite" is there)