For me, remote work was a huge gain. Until management pushed down hard and essentially tried to turn remote work into "it's just like working at the office!" I

For me, remote work was a huge gain. Until management pushed down hard and essentially tried to turn remote work into "it's just like working at the office!" I don't miss the office and I don't want to work remote with the mindset of working at the office. With office mindset, I mean: * Emphasis on video calls over audio-only calls * Emphasis on synchronous communication (calls) over asynchronous (IM, Email) * Loads of small yet highly interruptive meetings often (again, synchronous video communication) * Management still largely sitting in its own ivory tower * Still pushing a 9-5 mentality heavily favoring morning people Sure, we got rid of commutes, open offices and the likes. But we can do so much better. It doesn't exactly instill confidence that we can move to fulltime WFH or even WFA (work from anywhere) structures. Additionally, all these things emphasize methods over results, which poor management tries to cover up as "but we are emphasizing results, see, you make your coworkers so much happier with video meetings!" NB: I'm not trying to enforce my preferred way of working as the "one and only way". If you prefer video calls and meetings often, you do you. I'm just getting tired of the inverse happening, people like me being told "this is the one and only way, and if you don't agree you're not a 'team player'".