In a similar position - we went fully remote and have stayed that way. I do sense from the c-suite that they would love to get people back into office - I think

In a similar position - we went fully remote and have stayed that way. I do sense from the c-suite that they would love to get people back into office - I think driven more than anything by distrust of their workforce. Re: engineers having leverage I am keen to see if this changes in the coming months. With so many layoffs will come more competition for each open role. Do we hit a point where there are more unemployed software engineers VS open engineering roles? Time will tell. If we do hit that point employers may go back to having leverage to dictate office. As an aside, I really dislike recruiters who deceive you during recruiting. Both my wife and I have had recruiters tell us a company was allowing fully remote or hybrid, just to find out the actual policy is 3,4 days a week in office.