[tonfreed]

I think this is pretty much bang on.

Our team was going into the office once a week, some of us had even started going in twice a week because it just made meetings easier.

Then the RTO mandate happened and we suddenly have to be back in 50%. Three times a week is excessive (even if it is only every alternate week), and the entire team's enthusiasm to come in and work together has evaporated nearly completely.

We were never given a reason why, either, they gave us a completely contrived response about "company values" when pushed.