There are pros and cons with office work and WFH, and some people prefer one over the other. A full remote arrangement isn't for everyone, despite how the overwhelming number of introverts on HackerNews paint it as the objectively the best way going forward for all companies.
The community is divided on divisive issues. It's as simple as that.
I'm also a bit put off by the "it's so great not having a commute" people. Commuting does suck, but they voluntarily signed up for it. Meanwhile those that chose tiny apartments near their offices didn't sign up for spending all day in cramped quarters trying to work from a couch.
They literally did. I don't see any difference between choosing living an hour from work or choosing living in a cramped up flat near work.
Hacker news is no more pro work from home then people IRL I see.
And division among people I know in person is not introvert/extrovert at all. It is more about living arrangement and family. Single people living alone want to go to work. Those who have family and expect their partners to do all childcare, prefer to go to work and socialize with colleagues after work. Those who have kids and want to be present fathers or have partners with equally important work want to work from home.
My point is this: If you have to be effective working remotely you will be effective working remotely.
It's also possible that wfh was beneficial in the short term, with projects already mostly planned and the benefits of in-person collaboration continuing via inertia, but will be detrimental long term. Maybe. I don't know.
And that is the big kicker to me: too many unknowns to definitively say one way or the other.
That's not to say you don't make good points, I just can't imagine your points outweighing what I perceive as more heavily influencing factors.
Might be. Depends on the company too.