The end of remote work

Before 2019 and COVID, working from home (as we know it today) was something quite unique. Only a few companies, with rare exceptions, had remote work policies that allowed employees to enjoy their homes and better balance their work and family lives. In fact, the trend at that time was for more and more companies to adopt these types of policies in "hybrid" models. COVID-19, the disruptor The global pandemic forced many companies to send their employees home, and suddenly, the world understood that, with almost complete certainty, 99% of office work could be done from home without "serious" consequences. It's true that some companies were better prepared than others, and that, obviously, some jobs still had to be done on-site. Remote work was here to stay. Back to the Office: A Real Estate Shift When we emerged from the pandemic, many companies maintained their remote work policies for quite some time, and then some side effects began to appear: What happened to all the investment in