India, May 18 -- As companies continue to debate the future of remote work, Sridhar Vembu has said Zoho will not expand its work-from-home policy after internal discussions concluded that face-to-face collaboration works better for research and development teams. The Zoho founder said the company had reviewed the idea after PM Narendra Modi recently urged citizens and organisations to reduce fuel consumption and unnecessary travel amid rising global crude oil prices.

"Ultimately, after a lot of people inside weighed in on my X post, we decided not to expand WFH because the productivity of face to face problem solving is much higher in R&D. I have experienced this in my own development team - issues take longer to resolve when you are not...