> Why is remote work seen as a gift? Justification. Rationalization. Denial. Companies have spent untold billions of dollars on physical assets, structures,

> Why is remote work seen as a gift? Justification. Rationalization. Denial. Companies have spent untold billions of dollars on physical assets, structures, infrastructure, etc. and are loath to give up that power. The only way to keep the power is to keep those physical assets utilized. In the mind of those holding the corporate money-bags, they /are/ being generous and gifting employees /additional/ resources by allowing Work From Home. Try to put yourself in the CFO's position. Your company has 150 million dollars in physical asset / infrastructure in your city. And, yet, your employees refuse to utilize this infrastructure; they're revolting /refusing/ to use this already bought-and-paid-for buildings, networks, furniture, phone systems... For the CFO, it IS a gift to grant WFH to employees. For the CFOs, the employees are a bunch of whining, ungrateful, assholes that they can't wait to terminate...