If we're talking about office workers, yeah, two days of mostly useless back to back in-person meetings and 3 days to actually do the work you just wasted two days talking about that could have been resolved with an email or two.
I retired a couple of years ago at 50, but still do gig work for sh*ts and giggles during the Winter months for a former client (big corporation). The nonsense that goes on - especially since they went SCRUM - ah well. It's money for more toys for me to play with all Summer and Fall.
New hires and young workers often long to be in an office at least a little bit. When new to working or to a new job, it’s difficult to learn the job, office culture, etc siloed at home.