I'm a former senior leader at Amazon and working in the office made me better at my job. The bottom line is if you're fully remote you're missing out.

• Brandon Southern is the former head of analytics at eBay, Amazon, and GameStop.
• He says that remote workers miss out on benefits like overhearing valuable conversations.

As someone with 25 years of experience in the workforce and a former head of analytics at companies like eBay, GameStop, and Amazon, I've seen the pros and cons of in-office work and remote work.

Unfortunately, you're probably not going to like what I have to say about remote work: Most employees, especially young-tenured employees, should work in the office instead of from home. But in order to fully benefit from in-office work, young-tenured employees also need experienced employees to work in the office as well.