I actually miss going in. But do not miss long commute. And do not like the poor selection of local employers. And will not be moving for them at this stage in my life -- I already did that in my 20s -- so have to make do with remote.

But, I question any of the (esp local) employers now who are strictly hybrid or in-office only, because it tells me that -- among other reasons -- they're fine restricting their talent pool to what's in their immediate surroundings. That's fine in maybe a handful of locales where strong talent has traditionally congregated (Bay Area, maybe New York, London, a few places in Europe?). And so you have to ask the reason why?

It's gotta be one of: work doesn't call for special talent (so likely not interesting, and I likely don't want to work there). Or work doesn't pay competitive (so I don't want to work there). Or they feel they need to be looking over the shoulder of their staff (I likely don't want to work there.)

So a bit of an acid test, really.

At least here in Toronto (linked article is Bloomberg Canada), banks (minus tech department) are back to office 5 days a week. I just feel like outside of tech, wfh isn't much of a debate.