[hemloc_io]

I think a better argument could be made for tax incentives.

Large employers, think Amazon in Seattle, often have special agreements with the city for taxes.

Without the employees coming in and supporting local businesses there's a decline in tax revenue and local govt threaten to take them away. (As well as play less ball with the larger employer on other things like permitting etc.)

For these large companies they want political power as well, and maybe want it more than a marginal boost in productivity from remote work.

[yanderekko]

I mean, if that were truly the case we'd see companies hovering around RTO numbers that just barely guaranteed these benefits - so far I haven't seen any stories to this effect, so it seems sorta hand-wavey to me?