"Maybe a handful of people can work remotely"
I think that 2020 has brilliantly demonstrated that a lot of people can work remotely.
As a freelance programmer consultant, I have been lucky in that 2020 did not event dent my yearly revenue. I know that there are a lot of people who have suffered. My daughter is a professional seamstress and she is sick of not having a proper work proposal since March 2020. I, on the other hand, have only had one customer demand that I come on-site since January 2020, and I have been lucky enough to get two additional customers during lockdown.
At this point in time, I have no less than 3 laptops specifically configured to access their particular networks, and my other customers I work with offline, sending them what they need when I'm done.
Work remotely ? If you're a programmer, it's a cinch - thanks to knowledgable network admins, obviously.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
