I don't get the angst around this. The happy feeling of getting exactly the same salary as earlier while spending much less wasn't exactly going to last. Compan

I don't get the angst around this. The happy feeling of getting exactly the same salary as earlier while spending much less wasn't exactly going to last. Companies have to pay lip-service to handling employees well and they managed to keep the salaries flat (at least most of them did). But the expectation that there is no going back to "normal" office life while continuing to get the full salary seems ridiculous and unsustainable. I am sure there are a few people who can demand and get whatever salary they ask for, but that's clearly not going to be true to the vast majority.