Perhaps I am privileged by living in a very low cost of living area, but it was no great difficulty even in the beginning of my tech career to acquire a SFH w/

Perhaps I am privileged by living in a very low cost of living area, but it was no great difficulty even in the beginning of my tech career to acquire a SFH w/ enough bedrooms that I could dedicate one to being an office. I even have a mini-split AC in my home office so I can keep the temperature at a comfortable working level (cooler) compared to the rest of the house in a cost-efficient manner. I have no idea who these people are that think a company office intended for hundreds or thousands of people will be a better work environment than private offices per person or dedicated home offices. In my home office, I put significant effort into comfort and ergonomics and it yielded a huge improvement in my quality of life and a cost-savings to my employer due to not needing regular physical therapy for back pain anymore, and solving RSI that would have otherwise required surgery. Yet, if I go into an office to work they buy the cheapest "task chair" they can get and put everyone at tiny minimum spec desks. Even when I had a private office earlier in my career when that was still a thing, the furniture was garbage. At home, I have a sit/stand desk with electric lift, ergonomic monitor and laptop arms, a nice herman miller ergo chair, an ergonomic mechanical keyboard, and a vertical mouse, with everything properly adjusted by an ergo consultant I hired. I've never seen a company that would be willing to provide a similar setup, even setting aside the privacy and quiet aspect of a dedicated office vs cube/open. At the end of the day, company office space is expensive and management cost optimizes by reducing worker quality of life. I'd much rather they allow permanent remote work and pass the cost savings on to workers by covering the cost of ergonomic equipment. I've now been permanently remote for almost a decade, and I will never go back to the office.