I think it's absolutely true that remote means less solidarity and connection between workers. Also hiring international remote workers are usually done on cons

I think it's absolutely true that remote means less solidarity and connection between workers. Also hiring international remote workers are usually done on consulting basis, which less regulatory protections. I certainly see a world where software engineers become more fungible, and with the reduced messiness of human interactions, managers will be ruthless. There are also some interesting arbitrage opportunities. For example, American companies would want to hire from countries with socialized medicine so that they don't pay for health benefits. It could be more efficient, and it could lead to reduced poverty in some places in the world, but on net I don't think it's a desirable. Ironically, the people who champion remote work the most do it from the perspective of the benefit to the worker. But as this essay suggests, and I agree, if you play it out, it will work out to the benefits of the companies and executives. To be clear I'm not against remote, and could see the benefit to everyone, but it's naive not to play it through and think of the second-order effects of a fully remote industry.