For me personally going back to the office and still sitting in video calls all day with a geographically distributed team makes zero sense. It is a lot more comfortable to do it from home.
It's worse since we have an open office, so to do a video call you need to book one of the conference rooms that are in high demand, even the smallest rooms were perpetually booked even prior to the pandemic.
At least when working from home, I can do a video call any time without having to find a room. And I think people have forgotten about commutes and lunch. Now meetings are booked anytime from 8am-6pm and assume people will be available anytime from home. But since some people commute earlier and some people commute later to miss traffic, if everyone's back in the office, the only safe window to book a meeting is 10am-12pm and 1pm-4pm
It's worse since we have an open office, so to do a video call you need to book one of the conference rooms that are in high demand, even the smallest rooms were perpetually booked even prior to the pandemic.
At least when working from home, I can do a video call any time without having to find a room. And I think people have forgotten about commutes and lunch. Now meetings are booked anytime from 8am-6pm and assume people will be available anytime from home. But since some people commute earlier and some people commute later to miss traffic, if everyone's back in the office, the only safe window to book a meeting is 10am-12pm and 1pm-4pm