My wife returned to a hybrid schedule a couple of months ago. Every day she has to drive to work (30 minute commute, +- 10 minutes with traffic) taxes her emotionally and physically. She only goes in two days per week, and her actions and mental state are noticeably different on those days. She doesn’t really collaborate at all while she is there; there’s little value in her being present. Why demean people like this? Seems like a combination of management ego and sunk cost fallacy for existing leases.