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This subject has been discussed to death, especially on this site. There's no new information about this debate. The first issue seems to be that front line man

This subject has been discussed to death, especially on this site. There's no new information about this debate. The first issue seems to be that front line managers see WFH making them irrelevant, and this is bubbling up to senior management as "company can't do X because no one is in the office." Separately, you have a large contingent of workers who really prefer working in the office at least some days. Lastly, senior management came of age in a pre-Internet era and it's hard for them to imagine any work getting done if people are not physically in the office. These factors together seem to be conspiring to cause companies to try to solve a non-problem related to the physical location of the work activities. This will gradually sort itself out as companies come up with better ways to measure performance, but the transition period has been a bit rocky so far.

JohnMakin 3y ago
Also, don't forget the trillions in real estate $ that are tied to increasingly less valuable assets as people don't RTO.
DylanBohlender 3y ago
I think it's interesting to see an article like this every couple of weeks. The way I view it is that we're watching the five stages of grief (with regard to the "death of the office") play out in real time, at population scale. At first it was denial - "everyone will be back in the office eventually!" Then it was anger - "you will RTO or you will lose your job!" Now it seems like we've finally hit bargaining - "you'll come in 3 days per week, wait, 2 days, wait, special exception for the last week of every month". I wonder how long it goes on until we get to depression and acceptance?
- NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
  Well, you may be waiting a while. Those "stages" models are fake news. Great myths have been built up around them, but they've never been validated. Anyone who works with grief can tell you, it won't work like that.
  - fnordpiglet 3y ago
    The stage we are waiting for is lease and tax agreement expiry.

JohnMakin 3y ago

Also, don't forget the trillions in real estate $ that are tied to increasingly less valuable assets as people don't RTO.

DylanBohlender 3y ago

I think it's interesting to see an article like this every couple of weeks. The way I view it is that we're watching the five stages of grief (with regard to the "death of the office") play out in real time, at population scale. At first it was denial - "everyone will be back in the office eventually!" Then it was anger - "you will RTO or you will lose your job!" Now it seems like we've finally hit bargaining - "you'll come in 3 days per week, wait, 2 days, wait, special exception for the last week of every month". I wonder how long it goes on until we get to depression and acceptance?

NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
Well, you may be waiting a while. Those "stages" models are fake news. Great myths have been built up around them, but they've never been validated. Anyone who works with grief can tell you, it won't work like that.
- fnordpiglet 3y ago
  The stage we are waiting for is lease and tax agreement expiry.