In my experience direct management is much more impactful to lived experience than company policy. Every team will be different, and I can only speak to my own

In my experience direct management is much more impactful to lived experience than company policy. Every team will be different, and I can only speak to my own experience, not to the experience of anyone under a different manager. My higher ups have communicated that they're fine with people working from home, and you don't need to tell anyone, just mark your calendar that you're at home so people know to enter online meetings. People range from being in office the recommended 3 days a week, to 5 days a week, to rarely coming in, to never coming in ever, and I think people using any of these permutations are doing great. One additional detail on the company policy side, we do have available remote work and you do (at least initially) get paid the same moving to remote and staying in the same place. I know at least two people that have successfully applied to work remote and I believe the vast majority of people who applied were approved for remote work. I can't speak for people going for high level management positions but I assume things would be different there. Opinions are my own.