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Significantly more productive than anyone forced to commute by car.
Curious why you say that. I used to do the slog to lower Manhattan every day, 90 minutes by train, and another 10 or 20 minute walk, depending where I was going. I'd get back in the train later in the day knowing I should open the laptop up and work, but just couldn't do it.
Now, in fairness, if I was driving 90-120m, I'd kill myself. But at least I'd do so listening to the Wheel of Time audiobook.
And extra fairness, my job went remote after COVID (for the majority of it). Public meetings have returned to in person sadly, but my day work is 90% remote. And on those rare occasions I get dragged out of my home wearing a suit, I do so belligerently. I'm done showing up 20-30m early, I get there when I get there. And I gotta leave early now too. I have really just started to not give a fuck, which is not great as an independent contractor.
I've never had trouble listening to audiobooks on the train (assuming I knew the route well enough).
Which is fine.
But I've found a lot of merit in the personal collaborations with coworkers that only really happen in an office setting. I'm in office hybrid - three days a week - and I mentor new hires, grab lunch with senior managers, get tipped off on problems from people I pass in the hallway, and occasionally just shoot the shit with people I'd never otherwise know existed if I wasn't in the building.
I value my Work from Home, but also get a lot of mileage from a communal office.