[jmcomets]

> Work relationships matter, sharing 3D space allows people to be more creative and collaborative, and companies are recognizing that. Google seems like the last company that would make people come back to the office without doing their homework, there’s clearly data showing that fully remote employees are falling behind.

A couple things I wanted to point out when reading this:

- RTO does not imply sharing a 3D space with those you collaborate with (e.g. distributed teams).

- There is no data that proves that in-person work is more "creative" or "collaborative", simply because it's not measurable.

- You assume Google's intentions to always driven by data rather than appealing to stakeholders.

[repeekad]

- RTO is entirely about sharing 3D spaces with those you collaborate, agree that if the team you work directly with is distributed there’s little value to RTO to me, direct team in office and other teams distributed seems more common

- there is data: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04643-y

- they are not mutually exclusive, I do very much assume google uses data AND appeals to stakeholder value. I don’t hold the view that stakeholder value is purely maximizing productivity, I think google does their homework before making big decisions.