[Bernard]

First there was the COVID fire drill, Then came the extended recess because nobody wanted to go back or enforce a requirement.

And while it doesn't make sense to require Agent 007 to sit in an office in between assignments, M and Q and Miss Moneypenny pretty much do need to be in a centralized location or a well-equipped lab. And it's pretty hard for maintenance personnel to call it in.

So, the superstars who get movies made about them can work and thrive while not being in a central, common location. Or drones who do the the same thing all day long every day, and who could also be monitored for performance by tracking logs or output measurements.

But middle management requires people skills, and those don't come from Zoom calls. So unless and until large corporations go to 2 levels of employees - the CEO/Owner and the drones, there will be a need for work from office. And those who avoid that can expect to be a remote drone for a real long time.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

IIRC Francisco Scaramanga “The Man with the Golden Gun” was one of the few Bond villains who could mostly WFH.

Here’s some numbers about deaths in the home;

https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/home-and-community/deaths-in-the-home/introduction/

BS numbers or not, I’m pretty sure that insurers pay attention to them.