“productivity suffers when you work from home”
This is a very controversial subject—which differs industry by industry and even company by company.
The details matter.
Before I retired for my employer the dregs worked in the office and the talented folks worked at home.
That was because the company couldn’t risk losing the subject matter experts that made the company successful.
They didn’t care if the dregs quit.
If it works for your company. Each situation is different.
Great!
But it's costing companies money.