My wife works for a company that was fully remote before the pandemic, and they certainly were self-aware that being remote was a competitive advantage when it

My wife works for a company that was fully remote before the pandemic, and they certainly were self-aware that being remote was a competitive advantage when it came to hiring and retaining talent. Unfortunately for them, that competitive advantage is now gone, given that they now have to compete with companies that are now remote and have deeper pockets. Our personal theory is that the next equivalent to remote work will be the four day work week. We work way too hard as a society; the 40hr work week is based off the point of diminishing returns for factory workers. There’s not a lot of reason to believe that continuing this pattern for knowledge work is desirable for the company or the employees.