Yes. It's pretty bad.

Higher ups want to be aristocrats that jealousy guard their social connections by denying access to the peasants.

Bean counters want to move the cost of office space onto employees.

Political conteol people like that you have nothing to do but consume their propaganda.

People with families like staying at home.

But you get screwed, socially isolated. You can't learn from other people at your same job. It's the same thing over and over, the older generation is throwing the younger one under the bus for their own benefit.

Horrible.

In my situation it's pretty obvious, as my offices are in the city centre. I can easily do a handful of cold approaches every weekday without extra travel. Couple that with all the socializing of a normal office environment.

I work from home but not limited to home. My job is deadline based, so I'm not forced to sit in front of the screen from 8-5

Pros:

• I can work anywhere. Home when I don't want to meet people. Outside at a cafe when it's a nice day and I want to chat up somebody. At a beach with my laptop when I want to travel
• I save a ton of time because I no longer have to do the preparation for work everyday (shower, meal prepping, getting dressed, commuting - remember it's both ways: to and from work)
• I can use that time for exercising and can go lift/ run whenever I have a creativity block.
• I don't meet colleagues

Cons:

• I don't meet colleagues
• Bills are higher, but you are saving money on gas and eating out
• If you are starting out at a job, you don't get the chance to learn from people with better skills

It's all about adapting, nothing is by itself good or bad, you take it as it is and make the best of it.

I dont know sorry

I absolutely disagree with the nerds in this thread. I have only spent 1 day of my life in the office and I will never look back. Offices are a waste of time and money (also from the perspective of a founder). "Free nuts and fruit in the office", are you kidding me?

Here is what I am doing:

• I can work for a US company (I am from Germany) and thus make around 3x the salary I would get in my home country
• I can go to Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, etc. with their wobbly Latina asses and work from there (or any country in the world! This is the biggest perk)
• I can go to a coworking space and meet other people without the all-bullshit environment of a corporate office. I have banged chicks from all parts of the world that I met at a cowork, the "don´t shit where you eat" rule does not apply here. I also met people with whom I started some projects.
• I have a 4 day work week and I never work 8 hours a day
• I am the master of my own time and can work whenever I want. Work is results-oriented, so nobody gives a shit how much time a day you spend doing something.
• I can work on my side projects whenever I see fit
• Lots of time to pursue hobbies (boxing class, music class, dancing class, water sports to name a few)
• If I need help I can always hire a Virtual Assistant from India or the Philippines for 10$ / h
• Also I do not need to follow any dumb workplace policies with my unvaccinated ass

These are just some of the perks. Get some hobbies. You do not usually make friends at work. I have always met more interesting people, also for the "network", outside of work. I think this is all overrated. Maybe your city has some founder/business meetups, coworking spaces etc. that would be a start. If you are US based consider checking out Mexico for some fun time, too many of you here already anyway.

So, I will pass by Germany to visit my mom and some friends, then continue to the Balkans this summer. As a teen, I was always in love with Balkan chicks. Then I will come back to Latin America and continue my journey here. All this with a fat US salary and some side hustles. In the last two years while you were all stuck at home I learnt to dance Salsa and Bachata and made some significant progress in my boxing. Also perfected my Spanish, of course. I have been to 10 countries while you were being told it is not possible. The world is my "office".

If you have no online social skills as well - then yeah.

However unlike 6 years ago - your case isn't that rare. There's plenty of people that do real life meetups. It's not wierd anymore to gather around with strangers and play TTRPGs or go to cooking courses or skydiving - you can even tell yourself you're just doing it for the gram and clout if you are like me and not a pathological Extrovert that can't sit at home alone during a weekday evening.

Work is for work, and most of the colleagues are not fun to hang out with. Homeoffice frees up a lot of time and money.