Remote Work Is Dead – And We Should Be Happy or Sad?
The great remote-work experiment is over.
By January 2026, Amazon, Google, JPMorgan, Tesla, and even some “remote-first” startups like Atlassian have fully mandated return-to-office (or hybrid with 3+ days in). Productivity reports are up, spontaneous collaboration is back, and office culture is rebounding. Loneliness stats among young workers are finally dropping after years of Zoom fatigue.
