Hybrid is the best.
There are certain types of work which needs my undivided attention and collaboration with my team; office.
Other work which I can do slowly and alone; home.
HR: "But what about the bond? Team building exercises. Company morale. It will fall apart-"
I dunno man, they're really happy with the work life balance and the C-suites are happy with their productivity.
It's funny even our sales and logistics departments are wfh, and the only people I ever see on the off chance I need to load a tape rack or something is security and building maintenance.
And we've been RIDICULOUSLY profitable all through covid. In fact covid only served to show the remaining staff how productive WFH is.
We are making so much money rn that they don't even CARE about property costs and they leave the lights and AC on 24/7 for maybe 2 people in the entire site, and our 3 satellite sites are just as empty.
Sure there may be some A type salesbro personalities that need to be around others to work effectively, the largely spectrum oriented development community needs no such frippery.
I don't think working overtime has much to do with WFH vs office for most people. We have a lot more WFH here since covid, and the only people I know that work a lot of overtime already did that before WFH was introduced.
For me, WFH means an hour more of free time, as I don't have to spend it in traffic on my way from and to work.