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It was always a HN mantra that one got paid for the value they create. I guess it is more likely that where you sit is more important than what you do.

Also, I see a lot of comments about higher productivity in the office. Google has had record revenue and profits during this time. Clearly that wouldn't be the case if productivity was negatively impacted.

This seems to be more about what's good for managers and less about what's good for the company. Managers usually are incentivized to grow their budgets, not shrink them.

[textbookrental]

Or it could be that technology companies will start to use the investment banking model. Where the only way to tell if someone will make a good investment banker is to see if they can spend 100 hours a week in the office doing the most mundane work for a couple of years.