> “The office is, first and foremost, a space geared toward organizing people to become a certain type of subject: a cog in the capitalist machine.”
This seems to be the thing that bothers the author so badly. The thing is, working at a corporation is just one particular form of making a living. Many, many people find that the cultures in offices don’t agree with them, but that’s okay. There are many other options available to you. Learn a trade instead, or start your own business where you set the rules (Full remote! Snack all you want to! Work at night and sleep all day!)
I get the overall chagrin at having Jamie Dimon or whoever tell the whole company to RTO and you don’t get a say. But it’s the way the game is played — if and only if you want their money, the simple turnkey setup with a paycheck.
I don’t judge her for hating working in an office, but neither should she judge people who prefer the office. It sounds like she demands that we abolish in-person work just because she has so much anxiety about being around people.