IMVHO there are various issues, as anything "new for most people" (even if is not something really new) and that's not just on the administrative, middle-man, s

IMVHO there are various issues, as anything "new for most people" (even if is not something really new) and that's not just on the administrative, middle-man, side: - working by targets is not easy, because fixing targets is not easy. Formally we design everything up front so we know what to do at any point in the future, in practice we do design something up front but not all, especially not much "ordinary things". That means that control work progress is not easy and many feat to discover too late that someone is behind the schedule. Not all WFH jobs produce code that can be seen in a common repo every day; - people who do not know each other sometimes have issue to act as a team and effectively communicate and interact as needed, most tend to communicate just the bare minimum and others too much; - being really remote means no real geographical constraints so potential economical issues for workers (a new job market with workers from very different countries with very different cost of living), administrative issue (different laws, contacts etc) and practical issues for all (different time zones etc); Meanwhile there are many advantages like for the employer no office space expenses, just furniture and hw for workers, for them the possibility to live in lovely and cheap places, no commuting, less fatigue and more free time having erased the itinere part etc. BUT to elicit those advantages we need a tested setup that's new and unknown for most, witch means a challenge with potentially long pain while experimenting. Most people still live nearby their offices in cities and there they do not have much space at home for a proper setup etc. In the end the worst part: hybrid works that force in-office workers to work as they are at home and makes people at home less visible, disadvantage them, makes them feeling guilty to be more in comfort etc + all the issue of double/movable office setup from home to office and vice versa. Long story short IMVHO: - part of management, not just middle-man fear for their role - part fear the challenge of completely change work paradigm - part are simply not ready nor they can't be quickly to really WFH That's why some like WFH and some do not. Of course techies tend to like it the most, because they are those already more organized and perhaps WFH since years, others are less organized and others are just old to feel well in digitally-centered environments. I honestly think that around 30% of jobs can be done from remote effectively but just 10% of these 30% can be done now. Because only a small percentage is ready in humans and paradigms terms. To spread this percentage we need time and incentives...