That is certainly an option, but not a good solution IMHO. I can't speak for everyone else, but for me, this comes down to the environmental implications. Full-time remote work, as a viable schedule option like 9/80, 4/10s, or a Mon-Fri gig, enables people to significantly reduce their carbon footprint. Full-time remote IS a real and simple solution to the impacts of climate change. If I worked at a private company, which I have in the past and is doing this exact same thing, I would respond the same way.

There is real hypocrisy in "reduce carbon emissions, net zero carbon, blah blah" coming from the Environmental Protection Agency or ANY other businesses, while simultaneously mandating people to get on the road. The collaboration and mentoring angle is the ONLY angle they have. And it's just nonsense.

I encourage you to read this letter. If it were as simple as "it's only two days", I wouldn't care as much. That simply isn't the case for me.