I'm sure I've mentioned in my last job (now more than 5 years ago!) the team was 100 string but there were only about 30 desks so we were expected to wfh.
Having already been home-based for some years I was quite happy with it but there were quite few who asked for (but were refused) permanent desks - some because like the company of others, some didn't have adequate space or privacy to work at home and I think some just didn't trust themselves to do a fair days' work. (In actual fact I'm sure my days at home were much more productive than any I spent in the office, as a result of less social interaction).
My daughter's working week used to be a couple of days in Watford (often upwards of 90 minutes drive each way) and a couple in London (an expensive and stuffy hour or so on the train and tube with a drive to the station). They were told yesterday that London won't be re-opening this year and Watford is being modified with (screens etc) but really only for use as a meeting/training etc hub, not for people who want to work in the office. She won';t miss the cost and hassle of getting to work but she said if she'd had a choice she'd have gone back to spending a bit more time than none in the office, primarily for the social side.
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