echoing others here, the cost of living in the bay area and hours of daily commuting aren’t worth the proclaimed “innovative water cooler conversations”. i wish

echoing others here, the cost of living in the bay area and hours of daily commuting aren’t worth the proclaimed “innovative water cooler conversations”. i wish the executives would at least be honest about why they are forcing us back on location. i suspect it is to try to keep their real estate values high. to my knowledge none of the big companies have published data showing wfh being less profitable than on campus work. anecdotally i am much more productive wfh from my sweet affordable mountain home than trying to sleep in my expensive but still crappy sf apartment then risk my life driving for hours for some badge swipe kabuki. icing on the cake is my manager and colleagues are in other countries. not surprisingly i’m looking for another job.