Options
Clearly this is a lack of trust from management and justifying their jobs.
For me (as a manager of people) it's not about the office or WFH, it's about having options that work for you and lead to you enjoying you job and being as productive as the employer needs. It might be the office, or home, it might even be a cafe occasionally, or even a stroll in the park if you have a particularly taxing problem to solve. Why should I care where you work, as long as it is safe etc., if you produce what I need?
Also, if we want people to come to the office they need to be places people want to come. Carrot, not stick. Let’s make them places for communal working where you can chat with colleagues and have comfortable meetings, hell even socialise (to quote John Amaechi, 'strangers can't team).
It's about options not dictation.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
