The way I see this playing out is companies themselves will likely have to split-- there will be companies that allow remote work, and those that don't. Companies that are mixtures of both will face massive challenges. Resentment from coworkers unable to work remotely. And hostility from executives who want to preserve workplace morale. This is my direct experience when I worked in an office and struggled to get my job converted to remote (pre-covid era). This also seems to be exactly the same dynamic playing out in Musk's tech companies and all major Big Tech companies (post-covid era).

Remote work will increasingly be done only in companies that specialize in such things. Like contractors.

People (with remote-friendly skills) will increasingly have to choose between working for a prestigious big brand company like Google or Tesla, or working remotely for smaller much less well known remote work focused companies. Like the small no-name company I work for. Small, less prestigious companies will pay less, but compensation will still be quite high because of the type of "knowledge" work. BUT it will be extremely hard to land a coveted remote job position since about 60% of the population seems to want one, and many of the jobs that could be done remotely, won't be, for morale reasons. Which is kind of sad, in my opinion, although some people might not be particularly sympathetic.

I think this is going to be the new normal. A stalemate between between workers and employers. Until something else happens to shake up the dynamic. Perhaps another pandemic. Or dramatic improvements in AI.

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