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forcing people to be in an office for arbitrary reasons is cruel. it is a manifestation of the "i own you" subtext between employer employee. whatever euphemism they might spin up cannot mask this obvious.

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If you don’t like that manifestation, you can work for another company that does not do it, or start your own. We are still a freeish market fortunately. So we’ll get to know which one is better thankfully soon.

Or unionize. Only takes a majority to vote for it, and attempting to do so is protected by US labor law in the US. You then have the leverage to negotiate for remote work as a locked in benefit.

Workers have other options than simply accepting management shenanigans or leaving.

I am ok with unionization (even though it is price fixing, which is ultimately not a good thing to see), as long as noone is forced into that scheme.

So it is better if your enployer owns your family and your house too ? IMHO it is better to separate work from family and home.

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