I'm not an HR professional but
You can draw your own conclusions from the fact that I did this at the office
@ottocrat better keep your head down, after sorting Joe out they’ll be coming for Chris :-)
@ottocrat @DamienWise
Possibly also: Is the office a safe working environment reasonably free of hazards?

@ottocrat I'd be more apt to support a work-from-office stance if there was any data supporting any increased productivity. But - I don't believe that there is - the studies that I am aware of were measuring folks doing data entry - which is not a good analogue for most office jobs.

This article puts it far more succinctly than I will ever be able to

https://www.businessinsider.com/return-to-office-mandates-employees-managers-fight-messy-remote-work-2023-11

Fight between employees, managers over return-to-office is getting messy

Bosses pushing return-to-office policies are relying on a few, questionable studies to back up the claim that remote work is less productive.

Insider
@Cjust flowchart still applies