I've worked remotely for the last 10 years now. Existing businesses will probably stick to their existing practices until they die, while new startups which don

I've worked remotely for the last 10 years now. Existing businesses will probably stick to their existing practices until they die, while new startups which don't have too much baggage to drag around, may indeed see that the future is heavily biased in favour of working remote: - There is a higher caliber of workers worldwide than just next-doors (if the company is truly capable of distinguishing) - Some workers may conceivably even be cheaper (cheaper countries, but don't count too much on that for high calibre workers) - Part of their salary is that they get a huge portion of their life back (this has real cash value) - The tooling and overall technical management tends to be better, simply because it has to - Especially in an international context, both employer and employee avoid an impressive number of government regulations, including visas, work permits and so on. Even though an entirely remote company is more productive, I don't believe that existing on-site companies would be able to introduce it. I see them rather continuing to outsource while shrinking their head count year after year.