> I think tech workers that believe that remote is more productive really fail to grasp the enormous company incentive to have all workers remote if it were so, as it would be cheaper tax-wise, operational wise, legal wise, etc.
Would it be? Seems like, at a minimum, various employer liabilities that exist when an employee is working independently of whether or not it is at the employer’s location become less controlled in remote work, which potentially works strongly against that.
Also, the argument you make, even in the best case, fails to grasp the difference between “is” and “has always been” and the magnitude of impact of cultural inertia in favor of what has worked well in the past.
Would it be? Seems like, at a minimum, various employer liabilities that exist when an employee is working independently of whether or not it is at the employer’s location become less controlled in remote work, which potentially works strongly against that.
Also, the argument you make, even in the best case, fails to grasp the difference between “is” and “has always been” and the magnitude of impact of cultural inertia in favor of what has worked well in the past.