>So basically anti-WFH people are sad that they can't hold pro-WFH people hostage anymore.

Ehh I think this comment is what the root comment was critisizing. I think a more empathetic lens is that you can either provide a remote-first or in-office-first experience for a team, and that at a larger office many or most teams being remote-first would detract from the office-first experience. I think it's short sighted to assume that having 200 people primarily in the office would be significantly different than 400 people, for example, but going from 400 to 10 certainly would.

The good thing is that after companies finish out corona, engineers will have more remote-first work options and still plenty of office-first options - I don't think there will be much in the way of hostage taking, but I'm sure some folks will be (rightfully) miffed if they joined a team for one experience and post-pandemic are getting a different one. They are also able to find a new job :)

I expect post-pandemic this will definitely be an early interview/discussion question. Or spelled out in a job posting. Which is fine. It certainly tends to be with respect to travel. People will certainly switch jobs to companies with preferences that match theirs and that's fine.