A few years ago I was offered a job with a very long commute. The pay was good and the recruiter assured my that I could work from home half the time (this was

A few years ago I was offered a job with a very long commute. The pay was good and the recruiter assured my that I could work from home half the time (this was all pre-covid.) After a few months I got some bad feedback from my manager's manager. I rarely had a need to talk to him directly so I almost never saw him or messaged him. He was convinced that however we were tracking story points said that I was less productive from home and I needed to come in more. I came in every day for a week before returning back to my normal two days at home three in the office routine. Shortly after that the office got reorganized and that manager's desk just happened to end up near my new one. Obviously I started seeing him a lot more and he gave my manager feedback that I was doing much better work. Nothing had changed. Work definitely feels like a theater.