Brainstorming over a coffee/lunch/whatever, pair programming/debugging (especially debugging!), and generally meetings in person can't be replaced effectively b

Brainstorming over a coffee/lunch/whatever, pair programming/debugging (especially debugging!), and generally meetings in person can't be replaced effectively by any video call. It just doesn't work, and never did. Maybe with proper VR one day it will, but I will be retired by then. Folks here who benefit from commute cut will keep celebrating WFH like new age of something, but for many companies, especially multinational corps, that's desperate temporary measure and it sucks for most folks in one way or another. Managers don't want it, many employees don't want it. Don't keep your hopes up just because few companies change their policies a bit to look more attractive for new hires. Also as other state, expect some salary re-adjustments based on that.