Throwaway account.
I work for a larger corporation that has been allowing full time work from home and hybrid options since early 2020. When we started we were told if we did a good job and proved it worked than it would be made permanent. Since then they have praised how well it has gone as we have handled an increasing workload, large scale projects and a large acquisition and integration of another company.
Last month they put out a company video where the President promised to continue to allow it as it had worked so well and that they knew how important it was to the work life balance of everyone.
Today they suddenly announced they are ending all WFH and hybrid options effective sometime in the next two weeks. They said this would allow people to work face to face again, build stronger relationships and improve communication (even though we have in person meetings when needed..). Feedback has been extremely negative and a lot of people were visibly devastated and shocked.
They are allowing feedback to the decision to be emailed in, and I dont even know if it's worth fighting for or if I should just update my resume and start looking elsewhere…