disclaimer that this is completely anecdotal, but what i've heard from a few people in fortune-500 oil&gas companies is that 30-40% attrition is an acceptable s

disclaimer that this is completely anecdotal, but what i've heard from a few people in fortune-500 oil&gas companies is that 30-40% attrition is an acceptable side-effect of returning to offices, because productivity has been down by even more than that during WFH. the push to get people back in the offices is because people aren't working from home. there's no point retaining your staff if they aren't actually getting anything done. maybe it's different for software engineers at FAANG companies, but keep in mind that even if software engineers are productive, those companies employ thousands of people in sales, marketing, HR, accounting, and other office jobs. and pushing people back to the office in one department while letting another department continue WFH isn't going to play well.