Sure but does employee no. xxx,xxx have so much of their head up their arse that they feel entitled to deserve equal working benefits as The 8th Googler?

he thinks it's bad for other engineers under him - but not for himself, since he can trust himself to do the work properly.

When you're employee #8 at one of the biggest technology companies in history, and help create and drive almsot everything that got the company there... the idea of retirement and doing nothing is horrifyingly boring to some people.

in the end Google opted for WFH, however.

I heard it metaphorized like this: if a congress member votes against some healthcare bill but it gets approved, does that congress member lose the ability to apply? I'm sure there's some Schadenfreude thinking about it, but logistically it doesn't make much sense.