The easy answer is there's other factors at play but the biggest is that as much as the dream of the internet was that companies aren't run by the people that h

The easy answer is there's other factors at play but the biggest is that as much as the dream of the internet was that companies aren't run by the people that have that dream. There's also just additional challenges to running remote employees so companies default to in person because it's easier to monitor and meet with employees in person than remotely. Until they actually start having a hard time finding good enough talent willing to move to where the work is companies would prefer to just hire a slightly worse employee than deal with the additional hassle.