CIO: Work-from-office mandate? Expect top talent turnover, culture rot

The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.

It's 2026.

If you are truly exceptional, you will get a WFH allowance in most organizations - that said, most developers are not.

If you want to be remote-first you will have to become mission critical, otherwise it is hard to justify not hiring someone in India, Israel, or Poland remotely.

Why would the leaders care?

It’s currently a buyers market for employees, they can flex as much as they want and desperate people will still flock to them.

The RTO mandates were not done with productivity in mind.