That remote work stuff will go away. People are kidding if they think large organizations can innovate and remain competitive when everybody on a team isn’t in the same room.
Individually people might think they are more productive (at least coders do) but the communication issues that arise from remote work are gonna really become an issue soon enough.
Nah, remote work isn't going anywhere—it's here to stay. I know management doesn't want to believe that because they want to count asses in seats, but the collaboration issue has been solved by Zoom/GitHub/Trello/Slack &c.
So I agree people are less efficient, but I think it’s here to stay.
I started a new job during covid and it took me a lot longer to few productive than I was comfortable with, and it’s because I couldn’t just grab someone and ask them to explain something quickly. Knowledge was way more siloed.
But the convenience of working from home and not commuting and not dealing with the office is hard to shake.
They easily can. When you’re in a large, multinational organization with multiple offices and teams everywhere, you are essentially working remotely as is.
Large companies aren’t particularly innovative, so this whole argument is pretty moot to begin with.
Individually people might think they are more productive (at least coders do) but the communication issues that arise from remote work are gonna really become an issue soon enough.