[capydick]

Unintended consequences for those titans of industry who supported mask mandates, lockdowns and the politicians who supported the same AND the steal. I know tons of people who took advantage of the opportunity to be productive away from the office and a lot of people who wasted the opportunity. Those who wasted it were caught up in layoffs as it’s pretty clear to management if you’re not doing your job at the same level prior to the lockdowns.

Technology is such that home office set ups are now just as good if not better than the office plus the ability to work from wherever has never been more convenient.

There certainly is a benefit to hybrid working as your pool of experienced candidates becomes much wider but it’s up to managers to have a plan in place to manage those remote workers. In todays world (for most) - work isn’t where you go, it’s what you do….

[Theoria]

Correct, on all points. Who would want to return to a office that forced you to mask up and get the jab.

The internet should have forced this decades ago. This is a 1950's mentality to force people into a central command office. WFH allows for not being accused of offending some other coworker, sexual harassment, stealing office stuff, etc.

WFH is a savior for companies, its a shift from the burden of the employer to the employee. No longer does a company have to spend vast resources in real estate, electricity, taxes, supplies, etc.

The employee is the one who has to cover that end on their side, along with lots of more risk. The employer has all the leverage, they now have the resources at a minimum of the entire US, no longer in a region. It's a no brainier to have WFH, in a sector that allows it.