[billy99k]

"Forcing people into working conditions in which they are uncomfortable is only going to harbour resentment towards the company and if you are in a country where workers actually have real rights you will have a hard time firing them."

They are forcing them back into the office, which was pretty much the norm pre-covid. Having hard to fire employees isn't a good thing for the company or the well-being of other employees, when dealing with a bad employee.

If you want to work from home forever, contract with a company, and put it in your contract. This is what I've done for over a decade now.

[a96]

Being a one person company with one client is circumventing employment laws. Sensibly illegal in many countries.

[billy99k]

Who says I only have one client? It's also one of the reasons that it's so difficult to actually start a company in many of these countries, and the economic landscape consists of large multi-national corporations and the government.

It's also not illegal (at least in the US), if you have your own LLC/company.

This kind of thinking is why I've had steady work while working remotely for many years and we see articles like this crying about companies taking away remote work.