You're worth less now because the job applicant pool just became worldwide instead of just where you work.
Also if someone dislikes working remotely they won’t look for such jobs in the future.
Of course there are those that never really thought about it as an option that are new to this crazy new world but I welcome them all.
The more the better in my opinion as it normalises the whole idea which many seem to be very against.
Obviously I am biased towards remote work due to the life changing effect it had for me.
I was never happy in an office every day. Sometimes was fine but not every day for no good reason.
I get back two days of time a month just from time saved commuting. That’s 24 days a year saved.
I saw too many problems when you are +8 or -4 hours of the rest of your team.
Of course, it depends on what you do and how you work. If you job is to sing choral music, then yeah, there's going to be trouble. We were software developers.
Asia is much harder to communicate with in real-time and people just need to get up early or stay up late now and then.
There’s visas, international offices, remote workers, etc
Also your skill/experience plays a role. In a previous company I was only allowed to hire non-residents for mid or senior roles. Juniors had to be local.
Also possible I am worth more as now I am not restricted to the employment options within ~1 hour of where I live. For example to companies willing and able to pay more.
I found I was the latter which was one of the reasons I decided to go all in on working remotely.
