Most people who work at a computer aren't super excited about wasting a lot of time getting to and from the office, and when you force people to go back to that it makes them angry. The consequences of that should be pretty easy to predict and yet…
— Evan Sutton (@evansutton.bsky.social) January 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Work from home has been responsible for probably 50-70% of the recent productivity gains in the US, so of course forcing people to return to the office is a lose-lose proposition. It generally makes life worse and is wildly unproductive for most.
Offices are absolutely terrible environments to get any work done.