There is a trend among companies that have established themselves as a monopoly of sorts in a niche and stopped innovating. They can work 'remotely'. Of course

There is a trend among companies that have established themselves as a monopoly of sorts in a niche and stopped innovating. They can work 'remotely'. Of course they can - they are hardly doing anything :) Twitter, Basecamp, Shopify - what do all these companies have in common? They don't need to do anything and even if they could, they haven't for so long, that working in an office or remotely changes nothing. They're in maintenance mode - you can do maintenance mode from home while cutting staff/costs. Good.