That generational housing affordability factor might also help explain some of the WFH sentiment split between older and younger generations, and between management and IC. Older generations tend to as an aggregate have already locked in their housing cost basis in generally desirable areas with better commute characteristics, and be more represented in management.
Additionally thats one company, maybe you just have a particularly social group of swes who like each other and a good office environment
Nothing productive was getting done during those office days but they definitely made the job more tolerable and contributed to me not job hopping earlier.
[1]: https://www.statista.com/statistics/456925/median-size-of-si... [2]: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/data/interactive...
Space is ridiculously expensive in Europe and nobody is used to it, so the market rarely offer that.