[petsormeat]

Of course it's the CxOs who tout their companies' onsite "culture"--they're not the ones crammed into open-plan, surveilled work stations, discouraged from leaving for non-work appointments, and subjected to mandatory social events.

Given even the relatively modest perks of the last onsite C-suite I worked with, hell, I'd be in the office too.

[aetherson]

I am not and have never been an exec, never had my own private office, have worked either in open-plan offices or from home for the last 15 years.

I much prefer working in-office to from home.

[hypeit]

You prefer open-plan offices to wfh? Would you elaborate because I can't imagine that being the case for most people.

[MatthiasPortzel]

As someone in my early twenties, I don’t live with my family and don’t own a house. The assumption made by a lot of work from home proponents is that all workers have a great home office space, which just isn’t the reality. I do have a desk in my bedroom, and I can take my laptop to a library, so I can work remotely. But I when job hunting I definitely prefer companies that have created quality in-office space.

You made a comment elsewhere that working remotely gives you access to a bigger talent pool. While this is a big advantage, people who prefer in-person work do exist.

[aetherson]

I have a very reasonable home office space in a pretty nice house. But it's still being in one house like literally all the time, and being in one room of that house almost all the time, and being alone all the time, and that's not actually fun.

[aetherson]

Working from home is isolating and boring. Open-plan offices are completely fine for me, I don't have a hard time focusing in them, and enjoy the long sight-lines/windows, and opportunities to talk to coworkers more organically.

[justin_oaks]

I can imagine people who like open-plan offices instead of WFH. It may be commentary on how poor their home environment is for work. It may be that they're extroverts. And it could be that their work involves collaboration more than focus time. Or maybe they enjoy slacking off at the office and chatting with their coworkers, but it FEELS like they're working because they're at the office. There are lots of possibilities.