[JohnFen]

I find it very interesting that the WFH crowd is advocating for what works for them, and is not demanding that everyone work from home. The RTO crowd, however, is demanding that everyone conform to their own preferences and work from the office.

[operatingthetan]

For one group the desired outcome allows them to exert control over others, and the other group the desired outcome allows them personal agency. The needs of the corporation vs the needs of the individual.

[paulcole]

Both remote mandates and RTO mandates upset people. They are both demands that everyone conform to something.

[JohnFen]

The WFH people aren't demanding that everyone work from home. They're just demanding that they be allowed to.

[paulcole]

Yes, except this doesn't create the outcome that most people who enjoy in-person work desire.

If I'm the only one in the office and 20 people are working from home, that isn't what I'm looking for. So either I decide if I can deal with it or find a new job. And the company decides whether they can live with it or if they're going to mandate remote work, or mandate RTO.

Pro-WFH people like to portray their stance as clearly right. But there is no right or wrong here. It's a question of what a company chooses to do and then what their employees choose to do.

[throwaway675309]

If the majority of people at your company would prefer to work from home then it's not a good culture fit for you as somebody who wants to RTO.

[paulcole]

Exactly! And a 99% remote culture may also not be the culture the company wants.