The layoffs thing was sort-of addressed in the article as being a benefit of being 100% remote. Because there's no "core team" in an office, there's no group of second class citizens working from home to be quietly fired.
The issue with how much time things take is one of the more difficult aspects of it. It's ultimately a communications issue, though. If you're in an office then you don't have to explicitly communicate about it; people can see if you're putting in ridiculous hours on a project. If you're at home and putting in the same hours then they can't be expected to know unless you tell them somehow.
The issue with how much time things take is one of the more difficult aspects of it. It's ultimately a communications issue, though. If you're in an office then you don't have to explicitly communicate about it; people can see if you're putting in ridiculous hours on a project. If you're at home and putting in the same hours then they can't be expected to know unless you tell them somehow.