Ran a dev team in NZ (which had some brutal lockdowns). I would say it was about 1 in 20 wanted to be at the office. Even to the point of almost twisting our arms on lockdowns to be back in the office. That leaves 19 out of 20 on varying states of happiness being at home. On balance obviously most people prefer to WFH.
The ones that didn't :
- Lonely
- Impossible home environment to work in (noise/kids/distractions/lack of good physical environment)
I reckon it would probably even out in the long term to about 9 out of 10 preferring to WFH.
[edit - should I add I left ~18 months later to start my own SaaS and love WFH, can't imagine ever paying rent on an office again]
The ones that didn't : - Lonely - Impossible home environment to work in (noise/kids/distractions/lack of good physical environment)
I reckon it would probably even out in the long term to about 9 out of 10 preferring to WFH.
[edit - should I add I left ~18 months later to start my own SaaS and love WFH, can't imagine ever paying rent on an office again]