This is why it’s controversial. For someone working remotely, a meeting with someone remote or in an office is irrelevant. For someone working in an office, i

This is why it’s controversial. For someone working remotely, a meeting with someone remote or in an office is irrelevant. For someone working in an office, it makes their “in the office” experience irrelevant and meaningless. It is not controversial because of the people who like working remotely; it’s controversial because of the people who dont, because they force their choice on other people. You know how many people have to work remotely before it has to be a zoom meeting to be inclusive? 1. So, in order for you in office preference to be meaningful, it has to apply to everyone. No one likes having their choice overridden by someone else’s preference. Thus; controversial. When you say “I want that old school in office experience…” what it means is “I want you not to have that flexibility”, “what I want is more important than what you want”. That might not be the intent, but let’s be blunt and realistic: The blue sky dream of that in office experience doesn’t exist any more. It can only exist if everyone is in the office at the same time. Personally, I think the cat is out of the bag now. What are the chances that everyone will go back into the office full time? Not big. That means the blue sky dream of the in office experience is probably gone forever. It’s probably time to start trying to figure out an alternative set of practices and social outlets for people who like in office work.