I think being remote impacts upwards mobility, but the cap varies by company. It really depends on the remote culture of the company. I worked for a big compa

I think being remote impacts upwards mobility, but the cap varies by company. It really depends on the remote culture of the company. I worked for a big company (about 1000 people) where individual contributors and line managers were mostly remote. So being remote and getting a lead or line level manager was not an issue. Directors could be at a satellite office and travel to a big office in a major city. VPs and above tended to all live where the headquarters were. I've also worked in a company where 95% of the people were in office and they started to offer remote as an option. Forget about getting promoted - it was basically impossible to maintain a positive image as a remote employee. If you are in a remote first company, obviously you can go much higher. But I suspect that even with remote first companies, the top leadership will tend to gravitate to be closer to each other.