Eric Siu argues that despite remote work's benefits like time with family and flexibility, companies will push employees back to the office because hitting targets and pleasing shareholders matter more than employee preference. A few remote-first companies may survive, but most will demand the return.
I love working at home. In my short, you get to play with your kids, you get to, you know, hang out and do things right. But the reality is, I don't think anybody would prefer to go back into the office all the time. But the company has a job to do and the focus is on for the company to do a good job, not for everyone's happiness first and foremost. Right. The happiness is important, but the company has numbers to hit and they have shareholders to please as well. And they have to do that. There is pressure, right? There are expectations. Now, that being said, there are companies that I think will continue to be remote first. But I'm just saying, I think the majority of companies are going to call for people to come back just because they're incentivized to do so, not because they want to. Enslave people or like torture them or whatever it is exactly.
