You and I have had some fun go arounds on WFH. I can see how experienced employees can WFH easily. To me the big thing that is lost is teaching company culture and new employees the ropes.For a good manager/organization, no. For a lot of managers and organizations, they would say yes.
Here's another question in a similar vein, if you do your current job to the best of your ability and do it well, always taking on new challenges when asked and doing very well, always getting the highest rating on your annual review, are you ripe for advancement? When I worked for Anthem, I was told you have to be doing the job of the position you are hoping to be promoted to, in order to be promoted to that position...