I’ve spent about 1/2 my career working from home. It’s not the house arrest that you make it out to be.
I’d rather work at home than a cube farm or bullpen. Way too many audio distractions.
I hated it. I did it for about 2 months and was going crazy. It felt like there was no distinction between home life and work.
I have two offices in my house. The one in my Master bedroom has the better view...I looked over to my left about 6PM one day and realized I had spent about 19 hours of the last 24 in my bedroom. That depressing realization made me see how that was no way to live.
I immediately told them I was going back to the office whether they liked it or not. This was very early in the shutdowns in 2020.
I also noticed that the production of some employees went way down after we went all remote.