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By Felix Degeler · Founder & CEO3 min read

Cutting home office is a vote of no confidence

More and more companies are pulling people back into the office. That signals control over trust, and good talent goes where output counts, not attendance.

Felix Degeler working on a laptop in the garden, home office outdoors.

Key takeaways

  • Cutting home office signals control over trust, and that drives good people away.
  • Attendance measures presence, not output. Performance belongs tied to the result.
  • Remote enables flexible collaboration with exactly the right experts.

I honestly don't understand why more and more companies are scrapping home office. It feels like a step backwards, and above all it sends the wrong signal: we only trust you when we can see you.

Attendance isn't output

Office presence measures who's there, not who gets things done. Tie performance to attendance and you optimise for the visible instead of the result. Good people notice immediately.

And they draw conclusions: talent goes where output counts and where they're trusted to organise their own work. Cutting home office is often a quiet reason to resign.

Remote works, in your projects too

Distributed work has long been reality, including at your clients and in your projects. It enables flexible collaboration with exactly the experts who fit the task, regardless of where they live.

That's the model we live: we activate the right network for each engagement, remote and precise. In a digital, AI-driven work world that's not a compromise, it's the default.

DC illustration: a distributed network of nodes around an orange hub, collaboration across distance.

Frequently asked

Why is scrapping home office a problem?
Because it puts control over trust and ties performance to attendance instead of output. Good talent goes where results count and where they're trusted to organise their own work.
Does remote work for serious projects?
Yes. Distributed work is everyday reality, including at clients and in complex projects. It lets you bring in exactly the right experts for each task, regardless of location. We work this way ourselves.
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