Sample of one, but around me best engineers came back to work soon after Covid ended, show up every day, communicate and collaborate.
The less productive are the ones dragging their feet, coming up with excuses to stay home and hide as much as possible from peer scrutiny.
Almost like best engineers enjoy coming and working with the team, while the worst dread it.
You have a point: the best engineers do tend to have an underdeveloped social life. On the other hand, the ones that love to suck up are the ones with the great social skills.
Again, sample of one, so take with the grain of salt, do not draw generic conclusions, etc.
Oh, I'm certainly taking it with a giant pile of salt alright, because what you said was insulting nonsense pointed directly at remote workers. And you can't say don't draw generic conclusions when you tried to do exactly that.
I’m sure the ones who love to suck up and don’t have a social life were chomping at the bit to come back, no doubt.