Ever tried to install equipment remotely?
Do hardware repairs remotely?
Deliver a tractor trailer load to a warehouse remotely?
Lay asphalt remotely?
Some jobs still require the presence of a warm body.
Do hardware repairs remotely? Don't need an office to repair the hardware. Can travel to the site from home.
Deliver a tractor trailer load to a warehouse remotely? The driver doesn't need to report directly to a home office. For decades many have worked out of their homes.
Lay asphalt remotely? Don't need an office. Can report directly to the site from home.
Some jobs still require the presence of a warm body. True but the "base of operations" can be dispersed. It started decades ago.
Most of such jobs were not locked out or sent home to work.
There is no such thing as RTO for jobs that require in-person attention. Those jobs never were WFH jobs.