As a counterpoint, I (like many other) love working from home. I still get to see colleagues maybe once every few months for an all-hands/drinks after, and I c

As a counterpoint, I (like many other) love working from home. I still get to see colleagues maybe once every few months for an all-hands/drinks after, and I consider some colleagues to be friendLY, but I wouldn't consider myself friends with them; my friends are the people that I have around every week for movie nights/gaming sessions. Colleagues can become one of those people but they generally do not (& in fact probably like most people I haven't stayed in contact with the majority of people from previous jobs). In terms of mental health: I feel much better working from home for so many reasons, I don't have to commute so I can get a little bit of extra sleep when needed, nor am I contributing to mass pollution of the environment with my needless travels. I can have packages delivered and be there to collect them, tidy the house or cook myself a proper lunch over my break. I can do other chores like put washing on in the morning and be able to hang it to dry once it's done. When I'm being social in the evening we can start a lot earlier; no need to wait for everyone to get back to their respective homes, shower and get ready and then travel all to one place - because they're already at home. If I'm feeling ill, but still ready to work rather than going to the office and giving everyone a cold, or staying at home on a sick day and being bored out of my mine I can still just work. I can itch, scratch, cough, blow my nose, fart, sit in a relaxed manner without social repercussions. I can control my working environment in totality - if I want to listen to music on a speaker I can, if I want to put my desk next to my window I can, if I hit a brick wall and want to take a quick breather to make myself a coffee and decompress for 10 minutes then I can do that without looking "lazy". I do still think for more junior developers that it's important to have an "office day" once a week or fortnight especially for mentoring purposes.