The company that I work for(DockYard) is totally distributed and fully remote, so my productivity stayed about the same since the lockdown in California was put

The company that I work for(DockYard) is totally distributed and fully remote, so my productivity stayed about the same since the lockdown in California was put in place. But a friend of mine who works for a big media company, whose bosses were pretty hesitant to let their employees work remotely, says that their superiors have noticed that productivity is actually up and are now very much open to remote positions now that they've witnessed the benefits. A few weeks ago, the answer probably would have been that employees could only work from home a few days out of the week. Now the answer is that employees can be totally remote. For the average business, that's a pretty big change of tune. That said, I don't know if remote work necessarily boosts productivity across the board. Some people prefer to work in an office with other people around, and they probably work better that way. I do think that remote work can and does compete with a traditional work environment in terms of productivity. We need more remote work to be available if we are going to reduce traffic, pollution, and urban congestion. Remote work allows people more free time during the day, reduces risk of injury and death, allows people to be better parents, and means you can live anywhere you want to. I don't ever want to work a non-remote job ever again if I can avoid it.