It's not obvious that companiese are actually facing consequences. Nothing in the article suggests that office companies are doing poorly, just that there is a

It's not obvious that companiese are actually facing consequences. Nothing in the article suggests that office companies are doing poorly, just that there is a correlation between increasing head count and openness to wfh. Dunno if you've been paying attention, but every well established company has been very conservative in hiring the past year. These numbers are not particularly meaningful.