'Any job that can be worked 100% remotely can equally be 100% outsourced to a cheaper labor market.' Manufacturing was offshored long before office work, and i

'Any job that can be worked 100% remotely can equally be 100% outsourced to a cheaper labor market.' Manufacturing was offshored long before office work, and it wasn't because factory workers 'worked from home' so employers saw the opportunity. Office work has been off/near-shored routinely and increasingly since the 1990's. The decision to do this has nothing to do with the recent WFH wave. Same goes for automation. Nothing to do with remote work. It will happen once tech is 'good enough' to take over. No amount of ass-on'chair maratons in the cubicle farm or the 'let's pretend we are working here' open space office plateaus will change that.