Why would I come into an office when I can just apply on a full-time remote position?
Then again I have been full time remote since 2018, and the company I am with now has been full time remote everyone since before the pandemic. There's no office to even go into, so I don't think this is a huge risk for me.
Because it's near impossible to get an interview at these places due to the number of applicants unless you have an in?
The remaining ones will at least get a phone screen and if they have relevant knowledge and experience will proceed.
Because they will pay more, and/or the work will be better. Because with the current RTO push, it's very likely that the only companies still offering remote work in a few years will be companies that can't get staff otherwise, either because of pay or the work itself.
You already can't get a new remote FAANG job, the mid-level organizations will be next.
Remote positions remain, for the foreseeable future, a sign that allows distinguishing mature and/or modern good companies (probably good enough to pay well) from immature and/or decrepit companies (possibly profitable enough to avoid facing problems) with managers who "need" their pigs in the sty.