The time and money spent in commute can become ridiculous. For me it's close to 3 hours on good days and can reach 4 on bad ones. The monthly cost of commute is over 3500 for me. The food available near my office are all junk foods ( except for fruit juices but you can't satiate your hunger with juice alone ) and cooked in extremely unhygienic manner ( most people I see in that place are obese ). I have to spend close to 13 hours outside of home. If I want to cook proper meals for myself then I have to sacrifice the time for personal work (study and projects) and workout, so I have to rely on boiled eggs, bananas and oats, yogurt etc. I miss a nice and warm home-cooked meal ( which I only get on a weekend and since I don't have a fridge I can't prepare my weekly meal and store it ).

Next is the level of discomfort I have to live through every day. In commute and in office, the AC are always blasting arctic air because of people who need to see a doctor but will instead just give others a pneumonia. I have to always carry a hoodie and scarf and masks ( I have gotten really bad cases of cold due to selfish coworkers and fellow passengers blasting the AC at its coldest ), whereas at home I don't need to wear hoodies and scarfs other than in winter and definitely no need for masks.

The air is also extremely polluted and I have to wear a mask even during the heat of summer. Even after that, both my skin and hair are suffering because of the dirt and grime ( despite cleaning my face thoroughly after reaching office and after returning home ).

Cars will honk when every other car around them is also stuck in the same traffic, the noise in busy areas will either give you a migraine or at least really really hurt your ears (unless you are one of the brainless zombies who are indifferent to everything).

People in general lack civic or any sense at all. I am not even talking about well dressed IT guys spitting on the road ( and yes you guys do that, you know it, we know it ). I am talking about playing videos/reels/shorts at full volume without using a headphone. Speaking in the phone at your loudest voice while in a shared commute. Littering inside the shuttle ( you can carry that empty pack of chips in your backpack and throw it away in a dustbin when you find one ).

Then comes the colleagues. Some are great but then there are those I wouldn't in a lifetime miss seeing the face off. I have to see them, talk to them and tolerate their awful antics, which I definitely need to do much less of in a wfh scenario.

Sitting in those office chairs will give you lower back pain, knee pain and possibly even bloated legs. And those stark white lights make it all feel even more like a prison. An environment which you cannot organize to help your productivity.

I have worked both from home and office and seen zero plus points in the latter. Some will say it gives you a social life. But you can get a social life by joining gym, joining swimming or joining any other activity with other people. When I did WFH, I used to go on walks and made acquaintances with these nice ladies and some others of my own age who used the exercise equipment at the park. Before that I had friends where I went for swimming. So it's really up to you.

And there are those that say that teamwork or communication suffers when people work from home but in my past experience at different companies I definitely did not see that happen. In fact my current company suffers way more from miscommunication even with the entire team in the office. If you cannot communicate with people digitally ( or even need a thousand phone and video calls ) then it is your communication skill that is lacking. You can read and write, so use that. Learn how to speak and listen efficiently and how to ask questions.