"I'm a developer. I like working from home. Therefore all companies should allow all developers to work from home." He who pays the piper, calls the tune. If

"I'm a developer. I like working from home. Therefore all companies should allow all developers to work from home." He who pays the piper, calls the tune. If you're right, and developers want and should be able to work from home, then economics suggests market rates for office-bound employees will go up, and profitability at those companies will go down. And there are wider issues here. So you allow the developers want to work from home. What about your project managers? Your admin temps? What about that lazy developer who you can't fire, but you know does nothing at home? Also, how do you still have those serendipitous chats around the kettle, in which you, the business development manager and the designer realise a huge sales opportunity? Having remote-working will make perfect for some businesses (be they startups, agencies, or huge corporates), but it never comes without cost. In some cases, those costs will make it worthwhile paying to have developers working inside the office.