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And these “hybrid” work arrangements are not going to be long for this world … because they are even less practical than a 100% in-office business model.

It's a way of getting people back in the office. The party's over. They'll let employees work a couple days of week in the office.

But eventually they will require everyone to work five days a week. We used to be productive before covid. We'll still in a transition period.

The last holdout may be the federal government even if Donald Trump is able to win the election in November. The federal government employees will just continue to refuse to show up to their designated office and there's no way that they can be fired for insubordination.

Depends on the situation.
Been 100% teleworking for years very effectively (IT Training Management).
I should
1) get up an hour earlier, to
2) spend an hour commuting each way, to
3) go to a place where my
3a) supervisor is 1,800 miles away, and the people I supervise are
3a1) 760 miles away, and
3a2) 128 miles away?
My team, although remote, is by far the most effective and efficient in our organization.
Being required to go to the office would improve that how?

In today’s age of advanced computers and telecommunications, commuting to an office has become an enormous waste of time, money and energy in most industries. Any CEO whose company has been getting along fine with remote staff for four freaking years would have to be retarded to force them back into offices.

With each passing month, you’re going to see more and more companies scaling back their office operations considerably — especially as office leases in major cities come up for renewal.

But eventually they will require everyone to work five days a week. We used to be productive before covid. We'll still in a transition period.

Everyone is working five days a week and many are more productive than ever. Our remote employees run circles around the locals. It's not even close.

There is no going back to the office for workers who were never working in the office in the first place.

As for the opinion piece written by Matt Higgins, the co-founder and CEO of RSE Ventures, a private investment firm that focuses on sports and entertainment, media and marketing, food and lifestyle, his blatant bias is showing. His firm, and likely his investments, are in one of the few remaining industries that require the customers to congregate. He and his clients have likely been losing their shirts with remote work.

He's opines that companies require should staff to return to the office but the same companies are not renewing leases and are unloading entire office buildings from their portfolios.

A Canadian investment firm just recently sold their 30% stake in a New York City office building for $1. Yes, that's one dollar.
https://money.ca/news/canadian-pension-divests-commercial-real-estate