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I truly believe that this "hybrid" operating model isn't going to be around for long.

Most office jobs are ultimately going to end up as 100% on-site or 100% remote. The economics of the hybrid model simply don't work once you sit down and look at the numbers.

Hybrid work is a relic that continues to this day only because employers are still working through the post-COVID era with legacy office leases. Once those leases come up for renewal, the game changes dramatically for most employers. I don't know anyone who would sit down and plan a new office for a new company based on a hybrid operating model for the staff.

My company bids labor rates based on either remote or on company premises office. The rates are higher for employees with a company office including floor space, desk, computer, networking, cleaning services, utilities. The customer is relieved of all of that overhead for the remote worker. If the employee is going to be required to be utilize an office on company premises, the rate is that value whether any remote activity occurs or not. I haven't had a physical office on company property since Sept 2014. My rates are offsite/remote. It's easier to be recruited to work on new contracts when you don't have a physical office to complicate the rates.

Most office jobs are ultimately going to end up as 100% on-site or 100% remote. The economics of the hybrid model simply don't work once you sit down and look at the numbers.

It depends onthe job. IT stuff? Sure, they only need to come to the office two days a month or for client meetings. But many jobs have work to where they can easily spend a day or two just working on the computer, which can be done anywhere. A hybrid schedule works great. My dad's a mid-management civil engineer. He's at the point where most of his work is meetings and phone calls, which can basically be at home nine days every two weeks. I work with a bunch of MEs, AEs, EEs, and related. Outside of component testing in the lab or hot test fires days, being in the office isn't much benefit when the team is split between two office areas a good 15min walk apart, and half the team is remote half the days anyway. The bit of benefit of being in the office probably isn't much compared to the waste of driving in for most of the team.