Every couple of months, I come across articles from different publications that sound the death bell for remote work inside big tech in the US and beyond.
As someone who has been managing a startup of 40 -ish people remotely and following led a nomadic lifestyle for 2+ years now, there's no doubt in my mind that it can be just as practical or more effective than being inside of an office.<p>In a FAANG-like company that hav a complex organizational structure and connections remote didn't seem to find much benefit, except that employees liked it. The biggest problem for remote work is if employers of FAANG-like companies force workers back into the office. When there's a majority of workers in the office, chat groups die down, and there is an "in" group and "out" group that forms, with the complications that arise from that.<p>What do you think?