Smart corps should have realized by now that open office spaces are disliked by employees, are noisy, etc. Looks like there aren't very many smart corps...
True. But the difference here is that the corp directly and immediately benefits, by reduced costs. It's easier to be smart if it means more money in your pocket.
Cost is probably part of why open offices were a thing anyway, reduced costs and more flexibility. So incentives are aligned with WFH, but weren't with open office bullshit. That should be the difference here.
