Fair points about the modern work environment and the shift to open plan which gives you neither the space for concentrated work that an office does, nor the collaborative space that a company canteen with benches ( not circular tables ) does.

However I do consider there is a general element of selfishness/ social atomisation in the reluctance to return to work - both in terms of travel time costs, and focussing on personal tasks aspects ( ie a reluctance to give other people time ).

Work and how it's done, is at the heart of society - yet the society aspects are being hollowed out.