| Having spoken with over 100 CXOs and founders on this, this is never the issue. If you invest in corporate real estate you do it through a liquid vehicle, not owning the actual contracts. The push to RTO boils down to: - leaders want the over-committed. Remote doesn’t feel like that. - they miss working in person as a team and the fuel it provides for getting things done. Remote doesn’t feel like that. It is almost universally a gut-sense that has driven the effort. I think it does make sense for the leadership team and their close team members to work in person most of the time. But there’s a funny flip side to this - almost all of them are on the road most of the time. Coming back to an empty office sucks. I’ve been building remote-first companies my whole career. I prefer frequent onsites to offices. But in the end, the prestige of the office, social cohesion of organizing life around it, and personal sense of power from having a team around you are unlikely to be replaced by any alternative for most leaders. |