I can't help but feel these takes come from a lack of empathy; I'm the exact opposite, but I fully accept people have your view. What strikes me as odd is the incapability for the pro-in-office crew to see that they're seeking participation for what they want, for what I now see as a considerable personal cost (commute time, comfort, simply not seeing the work place as a social venture), the participation from the WFH clan is much lesser (putting up with video meetings etc.).
My social life exists outside of work, and I see "work" as an exchange of money for my time and expertise.
I empathize with the shitty commutes of kitchen and janitorial staff who aren't paid enough to live closer. My fellow SWEs are paid more than enough to live comfortably in the city. Some of them choose to trade off commute time for other goods; that's up to them.
I disagree that coming into the office is such a burden or that Zoom is so benign.
It’s not just about how you view work, it’s how you prefer to work.
When you pick up the phone do you start by asking someone how are they doing or wake it clear idgaf?
When I changed jobs I realized what a game changer it was that people turned on webcams during meetings. That’s not negotiable for me. I had a really good colleague who only wanted to communicate through Slack messages. He left. So a job is just money for me to, but I want it to be driven with the warmth of human interaction kindness and not between robots. YMMV.
Maybe they think people who WFH are getting more value from WFH than they are contributing ans employees. yhey fearmonger about outsourcing rather than admitting (understandably) that they want to be on the winning end of the deal again.
My social life exists outside of work, and I see "work" as an exchange of money for my time and expertise.