Productivity is a mixed bag. Some people do better, some worse. Some companies are missing small but important systems to enable productivity with remote work.

Productivity is a mixed bag. Some people do better, some worse. Some companies are missing small but important systems to enable productivity with remote work. My anecdote is that my in-office colleagues are less productive than they used to be when they were WFH. Mostly less motivated to do the asynchronous communication parts of the job, like code reviews, and scrolling their phones at their desk more. Also cutting work hours short, often through long breaks with their jacket hanging on their chair. As for why not India or Europe, that's been tried and failed for coming on thirty years now. Timezones, language, culture all make it much less cost efficient than it sounds like.