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Discussion on: What is the future of remote work in software development?

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Joe Mainwaring

I’m the near term, remote work is here to stay. The pandemic has shown a lot of companies how to work asynchronously and many workers enjoy the additional time they have in their days.

My company was remote-first before the pandemic but we’ve leaned into that even harder after 2 years, closing one of our regional offices to reduce expenses and downsizing our HQ to reflect the actual number of people who are coming onsite on a regular basis.

As far as a long term future for remote work, I’m not a pessimist but I think time will tell if remote work is simply a trend of the times or a permanent fixture in work life. Other companies like Yahoo have gone through cycles before of remote work and eventually went away from that as a culture when they needed to correct the direction of the company.