wondering this too...

my company is no asking to back to office as earlier. even hire a good number of new hires to work from home, this was hard to get wfh approval before...

guess, over the past 3 years, the management saw everything worked well as folks in office...

My company is asking those stull near offices to go to 2 days a week. But given that well over half the workforce either moved away or way hired full remote, the whole thing feels like a sham.

I changed teams & went from being the only person on my team to report in (1x a week because they closed my in-city office, as opposed to this suburban HQ), to now having 1 other person in office. Most of the manager types have filed various exceptions, which none of the workforce is keyed into; we simply see empty desks which look like they should be part of this absurd corporate whip cracking.

It's hard to imagine these RTO attempts going anywhere.

Workloads and working hours have increased due to not having to commute. There's no way I could return to the office without having to do less work because I'd have to factor in commute times which leaves less time to do actual work. I think management has factored this in and realizes remote work is a net positive even if there are some downsides.

Working from home is no picnic, and neither is it a sin; I rue those who think it is other Than labor and struggle within.

Simply refuse, my comrades, Stand fast and don’t go in; Parry threats, demerits, evals, If fired, grok leetcode again.

Unless I’m literally starving, and maybe not even then; will I ever inhabit a cubicle In the office again.

If you want people in office, then you will need to pay for people's commuting as working time. No reason to sit in a traffic jams for 2+ hours for free.