I fear that I've not explained myself effectively. I'm all for remote work for those jobs that do not require one's physical presence to perform. Much of the management resistance to change is based on ignorance and fear. My previous employer had outgrown the office space it had. They were about to lease another huge office building when the pandemic hit. They have now implemented the software, computing, and network infrastructure necessary to manage and support remote work. There is no financially supportable reason for them to return their software development resources to the office and incur the expense of another building. But they probably will.

They will because American business culture does not select for adaptability, problem solving, or leadership. It selects for corporate political skills. That's probably why so many CEOs are borderline sociopaths. It results in dominance rather than leadership. Dominance requires physical proximity to the dominated. Much of what passes for "management" today has little or no impact on productivity. (I know, at 75 and as a former CEO, before the 1980s it wasn't nearly as bad.)

Please read the link below for an actual case about remote work.

https://dick-dowdell.medium.com/i-was-appalled-by-this-piece-32d3ece475cf