Honestly there’s a contingent of WFH-or-die tech people that are as much an unjustified stick in the mud as the elusive bums-in-seats-or-die middle management s

Honestly there’s a contingent of WFH-or-die tech people that are as much an unjustified stick in the mud as the elusive bums-in-seats-or-die middle management stereotype. Multiple years on from the widespread proliferation of WFH, I still see a large contingent of people who are completely unwilling to even consider that physical colocation brings something to the table that can’t be replicated online, even during onboarding where building that sense of social cohesion is most important, and a management style that would otherwise be considered ‘’micromanagement’ is more justifiable. Ultimately it seems like people (on all sides) aren’t willing or able to separate “I prefer this” from “this makes me a better worker”. Don’t get me wrong. Remote work has its advantages. I say this all as someone that works remotely. But I also say this as someone managing a remote-first team.