Remote work isn’t new—I’ve known people who telecommuted in the 1960s, and farmers were working from home long before that. But many people worked remotely for the first time in 2020, for reasons you may remember. Since then, managers and CEOs have confidently—and loudly—stated that remote work is unproductive and hurts morale. Research doesn’t necessarily agree with them. To be clear: I would never argue that there are no downsides to working from h