Why force your employees to jump though hoops for basically no reason - car, dry cleaning, day care, hair nails makeup perfume, shaving, ties, expensive unhealthy lunch, parking, etc. etc.

We have the technology. This order is basically a massive pay cut when you factor in all of the above.

more resistant to this.

My son works in product management for Amazon & has been working from home out of NYC, with his ‘home base’
being in Arlington, Va. At first, Amazon left it up to each individual manager to decide whether, or not, to require employees to be in the office.

Then they said everyone had to be in the office- no exceptions. This eventually evolved to ‘You can stay in NYC but, must go into office there 3 days/week’.

He says they gave him a ‘big raise’ to make up for this which I thought was atleast somewhat decent of them.

It’s all so nonsensical, especially as we face the need to address climate change.

Is the office 40% vacant every day?

I know "hot desking" is a thing, but I can't imagine moving all my stuff around that much. You just can't be that mobile with certain (most?) types of jobs. So, companies have to keep these desks allocated and don't see much savings from the 3 office / 2 remote thing.

…is an extra two-to-three (or more) unpaid hours spent commuting added to the work day, thanks to Seattle’s horrendous traffic and astronomical housing prices that force non-wealthy people to live in the far suburbs.