As much hand-wringing is being done here, this ship has sailed. Remote work is a magnitude better than butt-in-seat-teams-calls-remotely any day.

And by having people spread out is also like load balancing your workforce in case of geographic badness.

But in my experiences, the ones who suffer the worst are the extroverts who crave human attention at a workplace. And these also tend to be upper management.

But being able to close those stupidly expensive skyscraper rentals is also amazing. Might actually free that space up for living, and better rates!