“If your employer does this, it is a good sign that you need to find another job.”
Problem is every company does this now.
Mine didn’t. They just wanted the work done. They didn’t care how when and where. They also wanted you available for questions and meetings.
The government told us that Covid was dangerous, deadly and a serious disease but if we got it, they wanted us to work (from home) anyway. That’s one reason I retired.