I actually agree with so much of what this article says, but I come to a slightly different conclusion. I don't think it's about power, I think it's about effo

I actually agree with so much of what this article says, but I come to a slightly different conclusion. I don't think it's about power, I think it's about effort and risk. In a remote culture that works employees need different things than they do at an in person culture. Most executives know what works in an in person culture because they've been doing it for years or decades (clarification: "what works" doesn't mean everyone loves their job, just that work is getting done and the business is making money). Switching to a remote culture requires them to learn new things, take risks, make mistakes, and possibly fail. Doing all those things takes time, effort, and money. On top of that, there really hasn't been anything that definitively says how much more productive (if any) employees are in a remote culture. I'm know there are a few small case studies, but there doesn't seem to be any industry wide consensus yet and it's easy to look at those and say "this doesn't translate to how we work". Everyone has someone they answer to and it's hard to make the case that a company should step in to the unknown which may cost a company millions of dollars when they have a tried and true alternative (in office work). I'm absolutely certain remote work can work at scale, but I think there's a catch 22 at these large companies. For remote work to work, it requires buy in and commitment from leadership, but no one wants to champion that at large companies because they don't have proof that it can work. I think you've got to look at remote work similar to the way the electric car has caught on. No big incumbent is going to lead the charge on this. Even the ones that are willing to try remote work long term will do it half-heartedly. It will only be once a smaller company adopts it fully and manages to grow into a large player will the tides really start to change. Once executives can point to another company of similar size and see tangible benefits that they're missing out on will they really lean in to the idea of remote work.