I hear your concerns about productivity. So if remote work was less productive, then over the last two years since the start of the pandemic, we should have seen a drop in productivity. In fact, research using both surveys and behavior tracking from the early days of the pandemic has shown that remote work resulted in higher productivity. More recently, academics demonstrated a further increase in productivity in remote work, with efficiency increasing from 5% greater than in the office in the summer of 2020 to 9% greater in May 2022—as companies and employees alike grew more comfortable with work-from-home arrangements. You can see more at this link https://www.vox.com/recode/23129752/work-from-home-productivity
