I can see where the CEO would be momentarily impressed. Think of the savings on that office space. Offloading that onto the employee is great for the company.

I can see where the CEO would be momentarily impressed. Think of the savings on that office space. Offloading that onto the employee is great for the company. Sure, some employees might also benefit greatly from the elimination of their commute, but a lot of people also have no real space at home for any kind of proper work environment. Our living spaces would need to evolve if remote work is to become really common. Someone here on HN nailed it last week, IMO, when they suggested that we only see a real benefit to remote work right now because it amounts to quiet time to get things done that we already knew needed to be done. The real test is how we are doing in a year. If my experience at a mid-size corporation is any indicator, it could get kinda ugly. We're surviving, but I don't feel at all like we are excelling. We spend half or more of every day in one Zoom call or another, trying desperately to make up for the lack of face-to-face time we just naturally had at the office. Some of our employees are clearly suffering mentally (especially the folks who live alone), and management hasn't really figured out how to manage in this brave new world. I'm hoping for a hybrid solution to emerge. I want to go back to the office. Maybe two days a week. And when I'm remote, no f*cking Zoom meetings. Death by a million meetings is torture.