Working remotely works, I’m going by my own outcomes not some scientific study. I’m not going back, ever.
I actually look forward to work travel from time to time now since we went fully remote. I’m never going back to office setting as well but occasional meet up is awesome in my experience thus far.
I ended up doing this unintentionally for the last ~1.5 years and...I have to be honest, I didn't hate it.
Maybe it was just pent-up energy from being stuck on a small island (Singapore) for the first two years of covid - and it probably helped that I was mostly in major European capitals - but once I got back into the swing of traveling again it was frankly delightful.
For that reason alone I try pretty hard to avoid it, unless there's a compelling reason.
But it's the first company I've ever worked for that's so considerate.
I came to the same conclusion. I have no desire to fill the gap in social lives of my coworkers. I prefer to spend the time with my kid. It's just a job and I'm fine without the whole office thing.