> Honestly if you do long for work, I suggest trying to find peer groups instead. You can be more honest and you wouldn’t lose friends to a layoff, etc. Fair,

> Honestly if you do long for work, I suggest trying to find peer groups instead. You can be more honest and you wouldn’t lose friends to a layoff, etc. Fair, but -- anecdotally, I'm an introvert with fairly limited social needs. In-office socialisation meets those needs quite well, especially as I'm married and have socialisation at home sorted. I also suffer from an anxiety disorder, and the _necessary_ nature of interaction in the office works out great for me -- because "find[ing] peer groups" is quite a big ask, between the anxiety and the social energy expended in doing so. I worked at a fully-remote company in 2021 and 2022, and it was great, but I'm under no illusions that my experience would be replicated elsewhere. I was on a team with strong social elements, and I had weekly 1:1s with teammates which generally took the form of general chit-chat rather than work-related discussion. Now, I'm back in the office at a new place, enjoying the limited -- but built-in -- social interaction, and not really feeling the need for anything else. I don't like the commute, but oh well. Obviously, this is all specific to me -- but insisting that your own preferences are universal is wrong-headed.