In visibility-driven cultures, yes. If your manager doesn't see you, they don't think of you. Counter: deliver visibly, share updates proactively, get face time strategically. Remote bias is real.
WFH reduces individual carbon footprint if you already live near work. But if you turn on full aircon all day instead of shared office aircon, the net benefit is less clear. Complex tradeoff.
Remote work in Malaysia has settled into something messier than either side predicted, and these threads track it. Which industries are holding firm on return-to-office and which quietly gave up enforcing it, how hybrid schedules work in practice when half the team ignores them, whether four-day weeks are realistic here, and what it is like working remotely for an overseas employer from KL or Penang. There is practical ground too: negotiating flexibility into an offer, staying visible when you are not in the office, and the parts of remote work people found harder than expected.