[kag0]

I think you've answered your own question.

People who feel positively about their home life are inclined to maximize it by working from home. People who feel negatively or have little home life are inclined to get out and seek social/private opportunities at or around the office.

Note that feeling negatively or having little home life is meant to encompass a range of situations that don't necessarily mean someone has a bad private life or that they're unhappy with their private life.

[tshaddox]

It doesn’t seem like it’s that simple. The fact that I enjoy my home life is precisely why I don’t want to work there. Maintaining an office space at home is a significant expense and I don’t hear much about tech employers paying for it.

[meheleventyone]

Anecdotal but my employer is perfectly happy to pay for all our home office equipment as well as stuff like co-working if people don’t want to or can’t work at home. The worst part of the pandemic is that remote has meant home for most people without necessarily planning it from a work point of view. I’ve been working remote for three years and the pandemic part has been a low point for all sorts of reasons. I worked from a coffee shop for the first time in over a year last Friday and it was great.

Basically remote should mean flexibility.