> They just want an excuse to pay for big offices... Say what? They're just itching for an excuse to waste money for no reason? I have heard a number of peop

> They just want an excuse to pay for big offices... Say what? They're just itching for an excuse to waste money for no reason? I have heard a number of people saying that, and I've never heard anything that sounds like a convincing reason why they should want that. Don't bother telling me about investments in commercial real estate. First, I've never seen any evidence that the people making these decisions have any such investments. It seems to be a "just so" story rather than anything with any substance behind it. Second, even if they had such investments, the first one who defects wins, and everyone can see that. They should be dumping such investments and then dumping their office buildings. > ... and an excuse for laying us off at a moment's notice. WFH does not in any way protect you from being laid off at a moment's notice. You may be saying that demanding return to office gives them an excuse to lay off everyone who won't comply. That may be true. But they don't actually need that excuse. They can lay you off anyway.