Not necessarily anti-work, but anti-corporate:
I gave up a fully remote job to return to the office 5 days a week and I regretted it real fast. I knew I made a bad decision within the first week of my new job. It's been hard to live with this decision and wondering if I should start looking for a new remote job or try and stick it out at this current job.
However, being in the office every single day has made me realize that I am so over this corporate bullshit and am definitely not one to drink the Kool-Aid. Going into the office just to hop on video calls that I could easily take from home doesn't make any sense. The “culture” is getting distracted by people talking loudly and bothering me while I try to actually stay focused and be productive. Having to just be a person in a chair so that leadership can visibly see me is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. The fact that the decision of one person (CEO) dictates my work life is annoying, although I get it, it's their company. Your best talent is going to leave though if you do not allow any flexibility.
I'm still in the early years of my career, but my experience with being remote and then fully returning to the office has made me think about the kind of leader I want to be when I'm older and ready. I have thought about starting my own business someday and when I do, I want to be the type of leader who offers flexibility in every sense – I wouldn't even care what time of day people work, as long as they produce good work, then that is good enough for me. I want to be the type of leader who shows my employees that I value them, their time and their effort. I wish there was a job right now where I could help people who are the same position as me find more flexibility in their lives through remote work (without necessarily being a recruiter). I literally cannot wait until I have enough influence and leadership to be able to push back against RTO. There is so much more to life than wasting my life away in an office on someone else's schedule and I will stand by that statement.