The article claims they had 5 people visiting the office regularly. That does not sound much compared to 550 employees. However, according to their map [1], the

The article claims they had 5 people visiting the office regularly. That does not sound much compared to 550 employees. However, according to their map [1], there are only about 10 employees in SF itself, a few more in the surroundings. Maintaining a 15,000 square feet office in that area for the amount of employees seems oversized in any case. [1] https://automattic.com/map/ https://automattic.com/map/