Very few jobs can be adequately performed remotely.
IT may be one of them. Don’t know what else.
17 of 24 federal agency headquarters are mostly empty.
Givernment work can be done from Fiji....
Most jobs require supervision and collaboration that cannot be done remotely. Maybe you can get away with it if you work in IT.
I work as a consultant for banks. I’ve been 100% remote since Covid. I’m not going back to the office. If the role is not 100% remote, I’m not interested. You can always find more cheap labor but if you want people who have degrees and decades of experience, you’re going to have to be flexible - or you simply won’t get them.
I've successfully run remote software development teams since 1983. The advent of high speed networking has just made it much easier. It was challenging logging into the UNIX development system with a 1200 baud modem and a VT100 at home, but the only difference was where I was sitting. At the office it was still a VT100 terminal and a 212A modem at my desk. The office environment included lots of people wandering around speaking loudly, ringing telephones, long walks to the cafeteria to get a cup of coffee. Not conducive to productivity.
In my current arrangement, I have a 1 GHz fiber optic connection. My laptop has an i7 quad core CPU, 64 GB RAM, 2 TB nvme SSD. I have my own 34 inch monitor and decent speakers. Microsoft Teams provides a medium for meetings. The customer maintains a VPN protected set of servers with GitLab repositories, JIRA and Confluence and a test environment. Every team member has a CAC to access the VPN. We are located all over the US from Hawaii to Vermont to Florida. It doesn't matter where the customer servers are located. We have 2 x 30 minute "scrums" each week to coordinate development activity. The build/test team has a separate system that feeds off the GitLab server for the source code. They build, test, issue bug reports when found, perform cybersecurity scans and package deliveries suitable for use by the customer.
Working from home means no wasted time or expense commuting. No exposure to sick co-workers. I had COVID in Jan 2022 and Jan 2023. I didn't miss any time from work. My wife DID lose 20 days because she must work in a police/fire/EMS dispatch office with one or two co-workers. Every time we got sick, it was a "gift" from her co-workers who have small children bringing diseases home from school and daycare. Now that she has retired, we are isolated from that source of infection.
Accounting works well remotely.
Most jobs in the finance sector can be done remotely.