I also like the people I worked with in the office for over a decade prior to Covid, and actually miss seeing them daily.
At least we now have many coming back to the office at least one day a week, so that's actually helping somewhat from several perspectives.
Most of the people I worked with did not have jobs that could be done from home - they had to be in the labs and facilities. Only a few of us could telework.
I retired before I would have had to go back into the office; but I probably wouldn’t have minded. Still, I know I was personally more productive working from home. And telework didn’t change much anyway - I had always received most requests and orders by phone or email anyway.