It will be very difficult to do this in the U.S mainly because of cultural reasons. I've a colleague who works 10-12 hour days routinely, for absolutely no re

It will be very difficult to do this in the U.S mainly because of cultural reasons. I've a colleague who works 10-12 hour days routinely, for absolutely no reason. He could achieve his goals by simply planning better and working less. Working long hours is part of the culture here. When I first started working in the U.S I heard this (rather poor) joke many times when someone was going home at 5.30 pm - "half day today?". If the U.S wants to do it, it can be done fairly easily - same thing goes for remote working. The amount of resistance to remote working from middle/upper management boggles my mind.