> For many companies the transition to remote during covid was a massive drop in performance of their staff. This was the expected outcome, since most companie

> For many companies the transition to remote during covid was a massive drop in performance of their staff. This was the expected outcome, since most companies hadn't prepared at all for a multi-year global lockdown. However, my understanding is that even companies that had very little preparation handled the pandemic absolutely fantastic, and other factors were much more important (supply chain of physical goods, jobs that could only be done in-person, reduced travel and leisure etc). If productivity dropped for white-collar WFH type of jobs across the board, I think we would never hear the end of it. Instead, the media zeitgeist is blaming the "anti-work" culture, that people aren't taking minimum wage jobs anymore etc. It's definitely not the narrative I'd expect if "WFH=low productivity" were true.