[taylodl]

Have you ever looked at a career in medicine or national defense? If your job is actually important to the functioning of modern civilization then you should expect sacrifices. If your job is just a cash grab and nothing is impacted whether you do your job or not then I suggest you re-evaluate what's important in your life.

[gumballindie]

Yes, those people earn far more than software workers. Perhaps not early in their career but over time they do. Are you actually the type that tells an employer that “money isnt everything” while that employer splashes on things such as you know a home and a family, working from home, while you’re ordered back to an office?

[taylodl]

> Yes, those people earn far more than software workers

You are seriously ill-informed. Very few people working in medicine make as much, let alone more, than software developers. Many software developers even make more than primary care physicians!

And national defense? You have to be kidding me! Software developers live like kings compared to those defending the country. First responders in general are in the same boat. Most of them would love to make the money an entry-level software developer makes!

As far as being ordered back to the office, it's been nearly four years since everybody was sent home. Many employees have been hired since that time. "Return to the office" is a change in the employment contract. Many states, though not all, prohibit termination due to a post facto change in the employment contract.

But don't expect the people I mentioned above to cry about our having to return to the office. What we should be doing is pointing out to them that our WFH is making their commute easier, lowers their car insurance premiums, improves their air quality - in other words, how it benefits them.