In my locale it was the same. Ultimately those kind of companies didn't actually have the job and I ended up with a company that is 100% remote. What I saw wer

In my locale it was the same. Ultimately those kind of companies didn't actually have the job and I ended up with a company that is 100% remote. What I saw were companies that posted job ads (as in actual online ads) to hide the fact they were losing customers and had no jobs, companies that tested what the applicants would tolerate (RTO) and so on. Also a lot of companies posponed everything 6 months so the new budgets get in. They need the people but they can't afford them.