Also UX here, and I’d echo that. I’ve been lucky in the sense that my dev and product folks have typically been located elsewhere, so coming into the office was usually more of a culture thing a couple days a week.

That said, there was and still is a “butts-in-seats” culture around here too. I live in the city and once worked for a company outside Worcester who only let me have one remote day, despite a commute of about two hours each way, traffic permitting. Ironically, it was an IC role with all overseas teammates and stakeholders. 🤷🏻‍♂️

They were genuinely confused and surprised when I left for a hybrid role in the city.

I was mostly hybrid in my software career before Covid since my teams were often distributed, so it wasn’t really necessary for me to be there. Most managers I’ve had wanted us in three days a week, but it was mostly just for culture, since everyone would just sit at their desks on calls with the folks that they actually worked directly with.