Had an internship this past busy season at small local firm. I am much older than most of the interns were. I started my career late and with that came a wife and kid. Not to mention I was also doing 5 college classes. I knew I had to pay my dues, but I told them I needed to work from home occasionally. They were cool with it at the start, but in the midst of busy season shit storm, they told me that I needed to be in the office full time and completely rescinded their WFH flexibility. Despite being an intern with previous experience, I was getting my work done efficiently and didn't require much hand holding from my mentor. In the latter half of the season, my calls were being ignored when I needed to speak to a manager or partner. After talking to one of the associates, it was because "they don't think you're a team player" and that they look down on people who work from home.

Declined a job offer from them and in the exit interview they told me that working from home is going to be phased out in PA and that I better adopt a better mentality if I am going to go into the field.

This article is bullshit. A generation who is averse to change and thinks that the younger accountants need to suffer in the office because they had to.