> I find the push for "back to the office" one of the most astonishing things to come out of corporate America. Really? Because this was obvious to me from the

> I find the push for "back to the office" one of the most astonishing things to come out of corporate America. Really? Because this was obvious to me from the beginning and ever since. When we were hearing "remote working is going so well" there was also a white hot labor market and companies wanted to keep employees on board. That an everyone was doing remote. Now that full remote is less common they can do more and more. Executives were not happy with this from the beginning. Even team/department leads would often prefer commute themselves so they can see their team being good worker bees for them and see "who the lazy ones are". Also, I haven't seen this mentioned much, but it gives them more power to claim someone is a bad worker. They can see them not at their desk, or write them up for not making it in, being late, etc. There may be many companies that would never be this direct: you were late once, so here's a write-up, especially while other employees get a pass. In any case it gives a much better position to negotiate these things, however the employer chooses.