The most common refrains I hear about return-to-office are: (a) employees moved away from the city during the pandemic for cheaper housing on the same salary a

The most common refrains I hear about return-to-office are: (a) employees moved away from the city during the pandemic for cheaper housing on the same salary and don’t want to pay a premium to move back; (b) senior-ish engineers shirking their leadership responsibilities by claiming their role just requires them to focus on writing code all day; (c) junior engineers underestimating how much social contact they need to learn on the job; and (d) established employees failing to empathise with the new hires who have never met any of the team.