> Until OKd, office work is required, even when teams are elsewhere.

This is the one I find baffling about RTO. I know plenty of people who have been dragged into offices where they have no team members. So they are just on Zoom at a desk in the office rather than at home.

I know of one guy where the company set up a local office for him and another person (who is not on his team), so they could be the two people in their office in their city.

I did it for the last few days of my prior job. Was dragged into the office when all my co-workers were at least 3.5 hours away.

Even if all the supposed benefits of in person are accepted at face value, none of that allows for them.