Report Monday or seek employment elsewhere.
The job market is still pretty hot. Employers having problems finding employees. And even more problems keeping up to speed trained employees.
An employee has proven they can do their job from home. for the past 2 years of covid and make $x.
Then having them come into the office, gas, drycleaning, parking, lunch, commute time etc.. Means their $X minus all of those extra expenses. So, essentially, come back to work for the same $, spend More time from leaving to returning and make less.
OR, Company B is willing to pay you the same, or MORE to do the same job you do now, except 100% remote.
That would seem to be the best incentive. I’m no fan of working in the office in a job that I can do from home, but if the boss wants them back, he should just get on with it.
Just another indication of the demasculinization of our society, I guess.
COBRA letter and turn off the company cell phone.