Pandemics have worked as an accelerator or even as a catalyst for technological change since at least the Black Death and this one certainly is no exception. H

Pandemics have worked as an accelerator or even as a catalyst for technological change since at least the Black Death and this one certainly is no exception. However, remote work didn't become a trend because of the pandemic, it became the default scenario for many jobs that don't actually require on-site presence but that due to cultural inertia nevertheless often still happened in a colocated office pre-2020. Remote work has been a trend since long before 2020. With the pandemic the proposition in many cases now simply was "Either work remotely or see your company go out of business.", which had many companies reevaluate their ways rather quickly.