Like Parag notes in the letter, a hybrid work environment is hard. Harder than just remote or just in person. The note about remote zoom meetings where some people are in a conference room rings true for me in my company. It's hard to feel as present when half of the team is together having side conversations at the table and you're just on the screen looking like a doofus.
One outcome here is “WFH” falls into the startup “Unlimited PTO” fallacy where it is a benefit that is socially unacceptable to exercise with the exception of a few roles.<p>I,e, It exists, in theory, but is elusive in actuality.
This announcement is more like 'the office will now be available to you' rather than a requirement that anyone besides datacenter workers be in-office