Remote work has outstanding benefits ranging from to time efficiency and reducing stress from regular commits and traffic, to ensuring a proper work-life balance. The major comfort provided by office work is spontaneous communication and easy mentorship, but arguably that is not all an advantage. What actually makes remote work better is that it offers more flexibility, one can do two jobs and still spare personal time without much struggle. Privacy when working is more guaranteed in remote work, and it is easier to track operations in a more structured way.

I will give it to you there are some drawbacks upfront, but these do not last long. Studies suggest the Open talent model outdoes the traditional model in sourcing competence, and remote freelance work is a foundational element of this model. Let us look at more critical factors. Geographical boundaries in talent aquisition where the best engineers are 2 flights away from the perfect collection of resources. How about this? A new recruit comes to a mature company, they spend 2 hours commuting everyday, they have to watch what they touch, germs breed everywhere, they work visibly and under pressure, without room for exploration or trying out their ideas. They strictly adhere to the company schedules and lose their own. They meet their mentor at the end of the day, and who knows their mentor could be subjecting them to sexual harrasment. A study suggests thousands of SA cases are reported every year, yet the same suggests about 90% of SA cases are never reported due to the fear of marginalization or losing their jobs and so on. This recruit learns that professionalism just can't be ideal, they hear all sorts of small talk, they face distractions every other minute or hour. You pointed out right, mentorship is effortless, but that ignores what actually happens in the majority of cases. Remote work safeguards every one from all these drawbacks, and it functions just the same in case of a pandemic, or crisis.

Lerafox presents a clear example of Cultural inertia and or ethnocentric utilitarianism, viewing remote work only through the lens of what office work has been able to achieve. LinkedIn and some other platforms have demonstrated the possibility of building social capital without necessary physical contact. Software developers have been able to collaborate on adavanced technical projects without losing the context. Lerafox talks about shortchanging employers, but this is the result of the traditional form of work. A survey on realtor.com shows that one third of young adults work more than one job just to make downpayments for a home, and more than half of young adults still live with their parents because a single job would just cover living expenses. Living costs have changed and the value given by office jobs is no longer enough. As the times change, the methods change too, and that is why remote work is becoming common today. It gives the chance to have a signigicant side hustle and to keep some time for one's family. Let's face it, society is changing and remote work is just an adoption for people that want to keep afloat. Yes office work has its benefits, but remote work is more aligned with the future.