I've seen a lot of people, both professionally and personally, say that this pandemic is going to change so many things. I don't buy it. The in-office culture is not only more beneficial to many aspects of many types of work (absurd cost-saving "open office" plans notwithstanding), but more importantly, middle management has a vested interest in it.

There's no way this is ever going to be seriously disrupted in my lifetime; middle management has too much information gating ability and justification making ability to ever let the power of being in control of the working class by using offices/on-location work places wane.