I believe the long-term winners will be companies that adapt to remote work and enable their employees to have social interactions without requiring them to sit down in the office.

One of my job interview questions (as an employee) will definitely be how they handled the pandemic, e.g. in regards to home office, equipment for working at home and communication tools used internally.

Gen Z struggles reported in this article have almost nothing to with remote work per se, but remote work during a pandemic crisis.

No they don't.