Remote work has been a "thing" for a long time. While the numbers of people working remotely soared over the course of the past year, many companies were already putting the pieces of a remote strategy in place long before that. The offer of remote working had also become a strong recruitment tool. At the beginning of 2019, for example, a survey of U.S. knowledge workers by Intermedia showed that one in four workers said they would not take a job that does not offer tools that enable remote working. At the time, Costin Tuculescu, VP of collaboration at Intermedia, explained that organizations that have deployed the right communication tools â like video and chat â will have the advantage of attracting (and keeping) the best talent no matter where they are found. Now, though, while the possibility of remote working is an added attraction for those looking for new jobs, it is also clear that expectations of a remote workplace are fading. There will be hybrid workplaces â a mix of remote and physical working â but the idea of entirely remote workplaces is disappearing, a move that is being led by some of the major tech companies including Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Salesforce.