[nine_k]

From where I sit, it looks slightly differently.

Nobody cares where you physically are, as long as you do your work and are available for communication. But people do care very much whether you're available for questions / quick to react if something happens, and can produce something by an agreed-upon date.

That is, stopping my work at noon because I can't persuade myself to work would be frowned upon, whether I were in the office or WFH, unless I'd say that I'm not feeling well. (Which is probably a good way to frame it.)

Likely I'm just quite privileged by now; this is the norm around me now, and was the norm for maybe 10 years, but definitely won't be the norm 20 years ago, when I was not a senior enough engineer yet.