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The CEOs also have investments and buddies with investments in CRE, not to mention the companies themselves with the actual offices. Probably it’s more about the real estate than anything else.

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I just don't buy this. It might be why the media is pushing an "end work from home" narrative but I don't believe the majority of execs are making the decision due to this reason. I think WFH just exposes that without the ability to physically harass and micro-manage people they don't provide much day to day value.

It’s probably a bit of everything we said here, plus cargo culting. WFH is probably more effective for some individuals and orgs and offices for others. I personally need it, because where I live has no real software dev jobs.

That won’t explain the prevalence of RTO. Most CEOs are not involved in CRE and being involved with renting out your office space to your own company is a conflict of interest.

The simplest and most likely explanation is that they think it’s better.

What about institutional investors in these companies who are involved with CRE? What if the CEO is just doing the bidding of the board in this case?

What if what if what if. Give some hard evidence. Until then the obvious answer is the right one.

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