People need to understand that getting remote right is Hard. It is hard unless you get founders and managers and even employees who are pre-disposed to working

People need to understand that getting remote right is Hard. It is hard unless you get founders and managers and even employees who are pre-disposed to working that way, and know how to do it properly. I'm only good at it, because I was a freelancer for 6+8 years. So I effectively had to learn how to work from home and coffeeshops without wasting all day on reddit etc, or else I couldnt feed myself. Lots of people come from a butts-in-seats background and when thrown into a remote situation, are just not as productive, just as there are people who are. So while I don't agree with the decision (I'm a remote work fan myself). I totally understand what they're doing here. The truth is that this is just a shitty way of someone high up enough in the company saying "Remote isn't working for me" and "lets go to the default" which is butts-in-seats. Its a hard reset, a way to re-build the team culture around a non-remote way of working. Weirdly enough, lots of people thrive in that environment. What I would encourage everyone to do though, is to keep seeking remote employment and starting companies that run on a remote os ... so that in 5-10 years from now. Things like this will be absolutely ridiculous to everybody