Mixed feelings about this. I love working from home but this opens the door to remote work from outside the country and ever more depressed wages

I am actually surprised it took the corps this long to realize the financial benefit of 'democratizing' their facility costs onto their employees. I mean, I like working from home, but the corps certainly aren't being altruistic here. It just took everybody working from home for the managers to realize they wouldn't lose out any efficiency by not having everybody in the same office, and for the bean counters to find out they could save some major money through not having facility costs - lights, snacks, coffee, water, etc etc.

Consequently bringing the last nail on companies like workplace.

I'm all for this. When I started working in big tech I loved the idea of going into the city every day. After COVID, rioting, blocking traffic and police retiring I have no desire to step into the city again. If the past is any indication we'll see this more and more. I don't know what it is about big tech but once something becomes "trendy" companies can't wait to jump on the bandwagon and brag about it.