Will high gas prices help workers who want to work from home?

Covid allowed a lot of office employees to work from home. Some companies allowed employees to work from home indefinitely, but other companies have gone back to requiring employees to come into the office five days a week, and some employers are on a hybrid plan.

Now, gas prices are going up, and so commuting to work is getting more expensive. Gas prices have been this high before, but we don’t know how high it will go, and previously we hadn’t proven many jobs can be done just fine from home.

Not to mention commuting causes pollution, dependency on oil, and more real estate to be developed.

Studies show that four day work weeks are just as productive and employees are happier, so even people who work service jobs directly with customers have an opportunity to commute only four days. Nurses have been doing three and four day work weeks for decades.

What are your thoughts?