You can’t fix underpurposed work missions with overspecified work contexts

Turning the screws on WFH is the same pathology as micromanagement, bureaucratic process overhead etc. 

If you’re doing mission right people will *want* to divide time between workplace and remote correctly without coercion

Cf https://www.axios.com/2023/11/30/biden-zients-federal-workers-return-to-office

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That’s orthogonal. I’m not sociable enough to spend much time with either work friends or personal friends. 

How sociable you are is a personality trait. Where you express it is a function of how work is structured relative to life logistics.

Sounds like you’ve never liked your coworkers enough to enjoy spending a lot of time around them

Totally get that! Making work meaningful beats trying to control where it happens. It's like, if the mission is exciting, people will naturally find the right mix of office and WFH.