Seniority is a factor here. Remote / Hybrid is optimal for experienced IC's who have enough experience to work unsupervised and do not themselves have direct r

Seniority is a factor here. Remote / Hybrid is optimal for experienced IC's who have enough experience to work unsupervised and do not themselves have direct responsibility for supervising others. Early career employees much prefer on-premise in order to secure osmotic knowledge transfer and build professional social network. Managers also prefer on-premise, as being in the same room as your reports reduces supervisory overhead. So we basically have a sandwich - with early career + management as the on-premise bread, with experienced non-managers as the remote / hybrid filling.