I'm an academic in the humanities, and we've had working from home (except for teaching) for decades. You have a range of people from those who just come in to

I'm an academic in the humanities, and we've had working from home (except for teaching) for decades. You have a range of people from those who just come in to teach during term time and otherwise work from home 2.5 hours away by train, to those who are in the office all day every day. We also have big get-togethers in the form of conferences. My experience since 2020 has pushed me against working from home, in particular research seminars are far worse online. The quality of questions is much worse, and engagement is visibly worse than when we have them in person. As for research... a lot of research ideas come from corridor chat. If you have an idea for a paper and Dave down the corridor is an expert in the area, it's much easier to test the idea out on him as you walk back together from a seminar than to email him. Maybe it shouldn't make a difference, but it does.