Spotify didn't go "full remote"

> ...we are giving employees the opportunity to elect a Work Mode—whether they’d prefer to work mostly at home or in the office...

https://newsroom.spotify.com/2021-02-12/distributed-first-is...

They also have a 17-year lease on space in 4 World Trade Center.

Microsoft has told staff that they will have the option of working from home permanently with manager approval.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54482245

Shopify has also gone full remote: https://www.shopify.com/careers/work-anywhere.

Disclaimer: I work there.

We shall see, but it feels like just a tug in the direction of in-office after 13 months (for the big west coast companies) of things going the other way. I don't think anyone was ever expecting huge FAAMG companies to start selling off their office buildings. I'm mostly interested to see if the guidance loosens for hiring remote employees as well as how much push their is from the top to have managers push their employees to work 5 days a week in the office.

Personally, I'm still expecting to see a much higher percentage of time spent working from home at this time next year compared to the beginning of 2020.

Indeed. Large companies like FAANG have invested heavily in their offices, I can kind of see why they don't want to throw that investment away. Hence why they want people back in those plush offices.

Tier 2 in what exactly?

Salesforce?