It was early into social distancing that big techcos started announcing/enforcing their policies on remote worker salaries... I though: that's fast. This must b

It was early into social distancing that big techcos started announcing/enforcing their policies on remote worker salaries... I though: that's fast. This must be reactive. Maybe lots of employees have already moved, or they expect them to. Mainstream remote work has felt 5 years away for 20 years. We kind of stopped pondering the side effects. Circa 2000 there was a lot of interesting speculation though. Housing markets. Transport markets. If a 45 minute d2d commute represents 10% of a workday, remote working increases productivity by this much. Labour market flexibility and liquidity, for what that's worth. Reversing regional brain drains. Hopefully this is because of remote work relocations, not just insolvency. On a side note, this recessing is freaking me out.