Originally Posted by
invisible
Well, the reality for one 100k people tech company is that revenue is the same while having hundreds of millions saved on travel and giving up leases on number of buildings.
Do you envision a CFO which would say that ‘we need to go back as it was before?’
Indeed, for many companies (esp. in tech sector) productivity and profitability have increased at unexpected levels over the past six months. While there's some lost value in not being able to meet clients in-person, there's also value gained from employees staying put and not burning cash and losing hours sitting in packed planes, delay-prone airports, expensive offices (and in traffic jams on the way to those offices), and overpriced hotel rooms. And lest we forget, as FTers we are something of an oddball bunch in liking the experience of travel -- most "road warriors" find it a grueling chore that came with the job, and don't miss it nearly as much as we think they do.