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RTO is all about control. It's an FU to your expenses, your time, your family, and your mental health.

I'll admit that I kind of like being in the office. However, I absolutely loathe commuting. There's honestly not a good solution. The best solutions are all overly optimistic. The ideal would be that all the employees lived 5-10 minutes away.

I like the hybrid model. Two out of five days I need to be in the office, but I can pick and choose the days.

I prefer hybrid models don't dictate constraints like that and just set percentages that you should hit over time.

I'm in a long distance relationship and I'm okay with going into the office 4-5 days a week for 6 out of 8 weeks as long as I can be full remote for 2 out of 8 weeks.

But I am NOT okay with 2 days every week.

I personally have really not had this experience - especially given that a lot of companies in tech seem to have landed on either remote or hybrid (3 days in two days optional). I also think that this is fundamentally a city design issue (expenses, time, mental health), rather than a work issue.

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