It's kind of obvious, I don't know why you find it surprising. For jobs that require constant human interaction, remote might be suboptimal, but for for jobs requiring concentration sitting in a modern typically open-plan office is just depressing. It's just as if you were struggling to get things done.
OTOH, when I WFH, I can work in really comfortable conditions with nobody disturbing me, and I make break when I want and need, not when some random guy approaches me and breaks my flow, sitting on an old chair etc. It simply doesn't make sense. I don't believe we will ever go back to the old ways.
If you want to be competitive these days, you have two things to offer: a good salary and full remote (for those who wont it). If you don't offer the latter, your competitiveness falls dramatically and you will never get a lot of valuable talent.
OTOH, when I WFH, I can work in really comfortable conditions with nobody disturbing me, and I make break when I want and need, not when some random guy approaches me and breaks my flow, sitting on an old chair etc. It simply doesn't make sense. I don't believe we will ever go back to the old ways.
If you want to be competitive these days, you have two things to offer: a good salary and full remote (for those who wont it). If you don't offer the latter, your competitiveness falls dramatically and you will never get a lot of valuable talent.