I get it, and I sympathize with bosses wanting reports to be in the general vicinity of them during working hours.<p>But as housing and other costs increase quickly and continually push workers further and further out, it's really not fair for bosses to expect that their workers are going to want to commute longer and longer distances for no additional pay, and zero personal benefit.<p>Personally, I think the hybrid approach is the best - there needs to be times when teams are together physically, and times when teams and individual contributors (in any domain, not just tech or engineering) when people should be trusted to work - and that should be wherever a given employee is able to do their best work. If that's in the office, great. If that's at a coffee shop, great. If that's at home, great. Let everyone do their best work when, where and how they are able to.