Remote work has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic, and many individuals seem to prefer this modality over commuting to the office. Many studies show that remote working improves job satisfaction and possibly performance—at least in the short term—but a new study published in Science shows that long-term effects on mental health may instead be negative. The study analysed more than 500,000 Americans and showed that the metric most impacted by remote working was socialization. Mental health also worsened over time. In fact, in-person work in the United States may be very different than, say, in Spain or Japan.