Glad my company closed offices and adopted permanent WFH. I have a good resume and get contacted by recruiters a lot with "flexible" WFH offers; why would I trade 100% WFH for 3 days in office? It's obvious that the next recession will see these places go to 100% in office as a way to cut staff and justify lease expense.

I saved my company $1.6M per year by identifying leases we could get out of or sublet or renegotiate. It's not clear to me why every company isn't doing the same thing.

Turn empty office space into data center space. Many of these offices already have the redundant internet and power needed or could be retrofitted for it. DC wholesale leases are higher on a per square foot basis than office and we'll need 10x the space by 2030 imho. It's a win-win.

Heck, CBRE should be kicking companies out that aren't using space fully and proactively replacing with data centers.