I agree and disagree: certainly I think the idea of a "workplace" where you go for 8 hours to give your time away to your employer is something from a industrial revolution workhouse (although such jobs do necessarily still exist - security guard, factory line worker, but not in software).
On the other hand, I think for many jobs, office dynamics have more than zero value. The ability to meet and collaborate spontaneously (which I think can to a large extent be recreated remotely), but also the fact that some part of many roles is actually some kind of "support" - whether helping peers learn something or secretarial or office help, a lot of it does get lost in remote work.
Overall, I think remote work can be great, but I've personally seen many who see it as an excuse to drop the useful interpersonal interactions and just do "their work", often in less time than would have been budgeted in person. If that's how some employees work best, ok, but I think the workload has to be revisited to account for what time people have available and what they are not doing but being remote. It can't just be a have your cake and eat it too situation.
On the other hand, I think for many jobs, office dynamics have more than zero value. The ability to meet and collaborate spontaneously (which I think can to a large extent be recreated remotely), but also the fact that some part of many roles is actually some kind of "support" - whether helping peers learn something or secretarial or office help, a lot of it does get lost in remote work.
Overall, I think remote work can be great, but I've personally seen many who see it as an excuse to drop the useful interpersonal interactions and just do "their work", often in less time than would have been budgeted in person. If that's how some employees work best, ok, but I think the workload has to be revisited to account for what time people have available and what they are not doing but being remote. It can't just be a have your cake and eat it too situation.