Just talk to a few? I know plenty of junior developers who've told me that their professional life suffered during remote work over covid.
the one that made entire industries basically vanish? the one that no one was prepared for?
like, I been 100% remote since 2015 for orgs that were already equipped for that, and life went on just fine when COVID hit. Jr. Devs at orgs that weren't equipped for remote definitely suffered, in the same way that not having winter tiers or chains would screw you when a sudden blizzard hits Texas.
Doesn't this just prove the point, though? You seem to be saying it takes additional resources and time to make WFH work as effectively as normal, in-office work. Many workplaces are resource-constrained and may not be able to implement those practices.
> the well-known fact that junior employees and productivity both take a hit with full-time remote work
Not “some people were less productive, others were more productive,” which is obviously the actual truth.