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I see the opposite problem, while there are people that work remotely that don't work, when I go into the office, it has become apparent to me that most people

I see the opposite problem, while there are people that work remotely that don't work, when I go into the office, it has become apparent to me that most people in office don't work nearly as much as remote people. There's tons of socializing, and snacking, and getting coffee, and going out for lunch, and commuting, and then on top of that, everyone works in giant open spaces with all kinds of distractions. Furthermore, if your company is multi-region, then "working in office" just means you are doing zooms in office because so many people are distributed. If you like working in office, that's cool, I liked to do it when I was younger, but own the fact that it is a preference and not a superior position.

tgma 3y ago
You are assuming those activities are not work or benefit the company in some way. Most seemingly useless bullshit team bonding activities will benefit the company long term. [This is especially true for slow-moving large companies, e.g. FANG, where very few lines of actual code is written by each employee and most of the "work" is in fact is to ensure business continuity, replicating institutional knowledge and context in employees' heads, and of the nature you describe.] I agree there are different preferences, but it's not about employee's preference for the most part, but employer's — and the case I am making is it is not at all surprising or stupid that the employers are demanding RTO by default.