As a CEO, I worry about the erosion of office culture with more remote work

Somehow the article fails to even acknowledge the roles that commuting and non-affordable housing play in people not wanting to come back into the office. To me, "Office culture" is not worth spend 90 minutes each way crammed into a metal tube, tip-toeing around human feces and trying not to inhale the crystal meth on the Bart platform.

CEO is concerned that senior employees won't return to the office to do the important work of mentoring juniors. Instead of incentivizing them to return, CEO threatens to convert them to contractors and take away their benefits if they don't come back to babysit the young'uns. Tries to invoke FOMO. Says remote workers will be emotionally easier to fire.

Sounds like a shit CEO.

Some things are priceless because they're worthless and this op-ed is one of them. Yes professional development is hard, but blaming your remotes entirely for their lack of it will only make it harder. The remote workers I know are busy gleaning important details from the multitudes of emails their CEOs and managers send because they're "too busy" to talk on the phone. This CEO needs to learn about "passing the buck" before she attempts "professional development."

As a CEO, all my best people prefer remote, and all the stragglers who copied off of them can't wait for office. Will be leaning all the way into remote, personally.