I think your thesis about management wanting in-office is accurate, but your rationale for why seems misguided.
I'm the CEO of a 500 person company and our lease cost is negligible relative to everything else, and being fully remote means lots of travel and expensive all-hands get togethers which almost fully negate any office savings.
The overlap between VCs and public market investors and "rich investor friends who have money tied to urban office real estate" is non-existent from a pressure and influence standpoint.
Management: We just want everyone to be able to meet and share ideas and be in a simple easy to monetize…monitor space. It’s about team work!
Employees: we want to work remotely and don’t care about your fucking problems or rational so just stop trying to convince us
I'm the CEO of a 500 person company and our lease cost is negligible relative to everything else, and being fully remote means lots of travel and expensive all-hands get togethers which almost fully negate any office savings.
The overlap between VCs and public market investors and "rich investor friends who have money tied to urban office real estate" is non-existent from a pressure and influence standpoint.