Why do all of the discussions about WFH center around what employees want? I started my career with my own office (at two different jobs) and transitioned form cubicles to open office. Each step in this process has been notably worse than the previous and no one argues about that at all.
The reason WFH hasn't taken off has nothing to do with want works best for employers. WFH hasn't taken off because having a physical presence has been a huge part of how companies not only control employees but show off their status. Startups had to be in SF because VCs wanted to see an office.
Now that everyone is forced home more companies are seeing that having an office is a liability, and is not nearly as necessary since everyone has had to learn to do remote work so the cultural inertia has shifted immediately.
I suspect we'll see a change to WFH, not because workers like it, but because it is cheaper and production doesn't change (not to mention it quickly reveals whose "production" is really just physically presenting in an office)
The reason WFH hasn't taken off has nothing to do with want works best for employers. WFH hasn't taken off because having a physical presence has been a huge part of how companies not only control employees but show off their status. Startups had to be in SF because VCs wanted to see an office.
Now that everyone is forced home more companies are seeing that having an office is a liability, and is not nearly as necessary since everyone has had to learn to do remote work so the cultural inertia has shifted immediately.
I suspect we'll see a change to WFH, not because workers like it, but because it is cheaper and production doesn't change (not to mention it quickly reveals whose "production" is really just physically presenting in an office)