I wouldn’t say full-time jobs have shrunk. Maybe not the lower paid ones anyhow. But what people want from a full-time job has changed and so a full-time job must be more than that i.e. just a job that pays – what else can it do?? This means a flexible working pattern, a less rigid corporate structure and less of the politics.

Many people will always prefer the office, albeit freelance or PAYE, if those people prefer not to work at home and in its incoming distractions. And for the camaraderie with other people, needing that sense of belonging around a supportive team. However, remote teams now achieve most of that with video, so I don’t see remote as being synonymous with loneliness.

But then, many prefer to be on their lonesome most of the working day. More people want to run a business in their spare time for a 2nd income. Not everyone has assets like a house. And more people want to be hybrid, i.e. part PAYE and part freelance.

The work patterns have forever changed as the needs of the many certainly do outweigh the needs of companies resisting these changes.