I see this sentiment posted in reply to nearly every post on hybrid work without any real justification. As someone who had a hybrid setup before the pandemic,

I see this sentiment posted in reply to nearly every post on hybrid work without any real justification. As someone who had a hybrid setup before the pandemic, going in 1-2 days a week, I did not value being able to live far away from my employer. Conversely, I did value having a place nearby where I could go to work and reliably be physically proximate to my coworkers. It's not like there was no freedom to work elsewhere either. When I wanted to work somewhere else for a week or two I'd work it out with management, no problem. Some people really want remote work, more power to them it looks like there will be plenty of that post-pandemic, but let's not pretend that many people won't be happy with the office being a regular part of their week.