[Pox]

Not from my experience.

This is from those who don't want to go back to the pre-Covid normality.

I never worked from home, and boy, have I seen the change in people who never had a problem with coming into the office for decades, some who suddenly flip out and quit because they had to come back in to the office for a couple days a week, others who just piss and moan all day about how they should be working from home, etc.

The productivity has declined, camaraderie has taken a significant hit, collaboration is nowhere near optimal.

Sure, a few jobs may actually benefit from “work at home”, but for the most part, it's not a good thing for the business in the long run, IMO.

[CapnJack]

I’m in IT and the work from home is the way to go. We have a better pool of new candidates to hire when needed.
No one to bother you popping in your cube to ask stupid questions like “did you see the game last night?”.
I know all of my coworkers get a lot more done ... mainly because the WFH means your available 24/7 ... which is the only thing that is a downside. We all work like 6am to 8+pm all week.
I definitely do not miss the 1 3/4 to 2 hour commute each way every day.
Plus “I’m saving the planet!” By not putting 700 miles a week on my car!
Managers who want everybody back in the office are from the old school “if they ain’t under my thumb they ain’t working” Neanderthal days.
Now this is just for office workers you see. Not manufacturing or in person service.
The WFH thing gave my company a chance to major downsize the building we were in, to just a small office complex where we just occupy a few offices.

[KC_Conspirator]

I am with you. - “The productivity has declined, camaraderie has taken a significant hit, collaboration is nowhere near optimal.”

[Alberta's Child]

I serve on the board of directors of a company that had been trying for months to get their staff back to work in the office 3+ days per week.

At a directors' meeting late in 2023, 11 out of the 12 board members were in favor of sending ultimatums to the staff to force them back.

I was the lone holdout -- and I never liked a work-from-home operating model for a business.

By the end of the meeting, all 12 board members agreed with me.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The problem with WFH, as far as I can tell, is for every story of enhanced productivity, there seem to be two of people slacking off, faking work, even doing business with adversarial countries from home. If that is really the case, then WFH overall is a failure.

I say that as somebody who does WFH, so that is a sad thing to contemplate.

[T.B. Yoits]

I seen the change in people who never had a problem with coming into the office for decades...

Oh, they had a problem. You just refused to see it.