In less than a year, the resistance against returning to the office collapsed

Yet they piss and moan about high house prices, horrible commutes, difficulty hiring the kind of people they want, ... If they want to be able to hire 2-professional couples, if they want to pay lower salaries, if they want their workers to be able to raise a family, they have to let them live where they can afford to do so. So either the companies need to have satellite offices located elsewhere, or they have to permit remote work.

Who could have guessed that white collar workers are so attached to food and shelter?