Indeed, several CEOs I have spoken to have extolled the benefits of remote working, outlining how successfully their sudden change of gear was in March 2020, when digital abilities were tested to the limit and teams switched to a new way of working.

But I can’t say that I have always been totally convinced of their support for this new way of working.

From the viewpoint of workers, there seems to be some obvious pros and cons –  the pros include reduced commuting time, more time with family and the chance to escape the spiralling housing costs of city living.

The cons include the lack of human contact, missing out on training and informal learning and – of course – Zoom fatigue.

The consensus seems to be that many workers would rather have a blend of office and home working.

Whatever staff may feel about remote working, employers will be laying down the law, as they always have done. And their feelings are mixed.

Views are mixed even in the forward-thinking tech sector.

Facebook thinks remote work is “the future”.

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella last year highlighted the lack of division between private life and work life saying “it sometimes feels like you are sleeping at work”.

And last week Google, which hasn’t been overly keen on remote working, outlined a hybrid model.

It expects 20pc of its employees to work from home after its offices reopen later this year.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote in an email to employees that most employees would like to be on campus some of the time.

On the other side of the argument have been big players in the financial services sector, some of which are unambiguous in their desire for a return to the office.

Goldman Sachs has asked the majority of its workers in the United States and Britain to return to the office in June.

And in the US JPMorgan Chase plans to open all its offices on May 17 for employees who wish to return voluntarily. A compulsory return will follow in July with safety measures in place to limit capacity.

So as Ireland’s vaccination programme ramps up over the summer, how will corporate Ireland feel about committing to remote working for the long-term?

Leaving individual employer views aside for the moment, there are clearly some issues facing workers wishing to work from home.

As reported elsewhere in these pages, banks (as lenders rather than employers) clearly have yet to embrace some complexities of the employment revolution, and the same can be said for the Revenue Commissioners.

Fairly big numbers of employees who believed that they could work anywhere they wanted during the pandemic have caused a big headache for some employers.

The issue had arisen for non-Irish employees, particularly those who worked for big FDI tech firms.

Their employers are now trying to work out the tax implications for people who spent most of the time working in France for example, when they are technically employed in Dublin.

According to brokers, these employees are now finding that on their return to Ireland they are running into problems when trying to find mortgages.

Furthermore, workers who decided to leave the urban rat race behind and move to the countryside are finding that getting a mortgage isn’t as easy as they thought.

Banks want to make sure that applicants’ employers are fully supportive of them living some distance from their offices – and no doubt some employers aren’t yet ready to give that commitment.

These are just a few examples of why out of office working has some way to go yet before it will be fully accepted.

But aside from these potential pitfalls, are we really to believe that many employers who were plugged in to presenteeism all their careers can let that go now?

I am not so sure.