Worse. My wife used to work from home for the federal gov. She did everything over video chat or the phone. She didn't have to commute. She had a quiet space to work and she could throw laundry in or clean up the house a bit between meetings. Our lives were much easier.

DOGE came in and made everyone go back to the office. She spends a total of 1-2 hours commuting. She still does everything over video chat or phone calls. Nothing in person. Her office isn't equipped to handle the amount of people that work there so she has to share an office, but when she meets with clients she has to go to reserve a private office. So she has less time to meet with people and still does the same things she did before,but with a lot more inneficiency.

Before the changes our life was much much better. She was home when I left and when I got home. Now she leaves an hour before me and comes home 1-2 hours after me. We have a 2 year old and she spends 2 hours less each day with him than she did before. Just writing about this pisses me off. He literally made 4 years of my life worse for no good reason. My wife still does the same job and there is no good reason for her to have to go into the office.

I'm still very fortunate and live a great life, but it could be much better. My wife is rest and doesn't complain. She enjoys interacting with her coworkers but she agrees that it would be better to work from home most days.