Five years into the great remote work experiment, we're still asking the wrong question. "Should people work from home or the office?" is a false binary.
The companies getting remote work right have abandoned the location debate entirely. Instead, they've redesigned around rhythm.
Basecamp operates on six-week cycles with two-week cooldowns. GitLab structures work around "async by default." A 2025 Stanford study found that workers with schedule autonomy were 31% more productive and 47% less likely to quit.
Stop measuring hours. Start measuring output. Remote work was never broken. Our understanding of work itself was.