They can’t point to evidence of any improvement in productivity. I know from my sitting in the senior megacorp meetings planning these things there is no data b

They can’t point to evidence of any improvement in productivity. I know from my sitting in the senior megacorp meetings planning these things there is no data backing the decisions. It’s almost entirely based on an emotional feeling that the corporate culture they grew up in won’t exist any more in a remote first culture. They’re likely right. But there’s no evidence it’ll impact productivity and there’s lots of evidence it’ll improve profits as real estate expenses and facilities are significant percentages of employee compensation. On the other hand we had plenty of convincing data that when employees can choose their work style they perform much better individually and as a team. My theory is that in five years when emotions have cooled and “culture” hand waving is a bit tired, and tax breaks have expired, cold hard money will win the argument and we will be in a “Bring Your Own Office” world.