HN has this bizarre obsession with remote work having anything to do with what's best for the employee. When in the history of office space have decisions ever

HN has this bizarre obsession with remote work having anything to do with what's best for the employee. When in the history of office space have decisions ever been made because upper management thought "oh the employees will really like this!"? In one generation we've gone from everyone has an office with a door (even Homer Simpson has one!), to cube farms, to open offices. I've seen all of these and don't recall a single transition where employees thought "this is great!" The pandemic has made corporate leadership realize that people will continue to work and produce things no matter what, even if their kids are pulling on their arm all day, because they need to work to live. Additionally the benefits to corporations are obvious, reduced real estate is the just the tip of the iceberg. We've already seen companies can start thinking about reducing salaries based on location (which I can assure you will eventually translate to reduced salaries everywhere, why pay a premium for someone to live in SF 3 years from now?), the talent pool is now nation wide (and soon global) which will again reduce salaries. It's much easier to identify people who were just taking up space in the office and remove them. With no offices corporate travel becomes completely unnecessary etc. None of these advantages have anything to do with whether or not employees are happier, or even more productive.