Re: Here we go
I've worked remotely for 20+ years. IMHE across a dozen companies, it's the absolute best way to recruit top talent and have people who are committed to the business.
This attitude of "you must be in the office" is, quite frankly, hugely counterproductive. It costs enormous amounts of $$$ to maintain real estate, money which would be better invested in the business.
And you never get more than maybe 4 hours of work/day from in office people. They are tired from commutes, take time to catch up/recover, take off for coffee/lunch breaks, spend time on the phone trying to coordinate home stuff during business hours because that's when things are open and then signoff completely at the end of the day. Never mind the constant interruptions from people "stopping to chat".
Unless, that is, you are willing to pay enough money to have them living close to work. In Silicon Valley/SF Bay Area, that's at least $300k/year, so your overall workforce cost just went through the roof. If you add that to real estate overhead, it's just stupid money.