I mean...if I could teleport instantaneously, then yes, the office would be less of a problem. I could work directly with co-workers and then pop up back home f

I mean...if I could teleport instantaneously, then yes, the office would be less of a problem. I could work directly with co-workers and then pop up back home for my breaks and lunch and so on. But that isn't possible at present (maybe ever). Even if a close cycling trip, that's still a burden most don't want to deal with anymore. Just think about cycling in a heat wave or thunderstorm (they're common where I live and dense enough to where being outside for just a second is the equivalent to jumping in a lake) It is a little nicer from an efficiency standpoint to have more experienced workers around to train the new ones, but that doesn't change the fact that those experienced workers are now quite mobile and can get a new job with little effort. When my old company went to hybrid we started immediately losing the best talent. It was a trickle at first and then a dam bursting. They're finally accepting remote-only because they don't have a choice. Their engineering staff went from an average of 8+ years of service to like maybe 3, and that has huge inefficiency losses.