My theory is that its because the people in charge of making that decision (management and higher ups) are the people who most benefit from in person work So n

My theory is that its because the people in charge of making that decision (management and higher ups) are the people who most benefit from in person work So naturally that would be the decision I've never been a manager but I'd guess that managing a team remotely sucks more than being a remote IC since the whole job is communication