> Remote work was far less common pre Covid though.
That was my point: Remote work was a unique benefit given to those who could handle it.
During COVID everyone started pretending that remote work was for everyone. Companies shifted a lot of people remote and then learned the hard way that many people can't be productive remote.
Now the pendulum swings back, with companies pretending that nobody can work remote because they let the bad apples spoil the whole batch.
That was my point: Remote work was a unique benefit given to those who could handle it.
During COVID everyone started pretending that remote work was for everyone. Companies shifted a lot of people remote and then learned the hard way that many people can't be productive remote.
Now the pendulum swings back, with companies pretending that nobody can work remote because they let the bad apples spoil the whole batch.