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I'm still full remote.
On a very rare occasion, I might have to go into the office, but otherwise I'm working from home.
During covid I learned I really enjoyed working from home, so I talked about it with my employer.
At first I only got day or 2 at home per week, but eventually I was allowed to work fully from home.
Glad for you. Sounds like your office took a reasonable approach.
I'm fully remote, in software development. It's very helpful for me to be able to pick up my kids from school, and get back to work while they do homework. I used to have an elaborate system orchestrating pick-up and transportation to a daycare service.
Lots of small software companies have taken a remote-by-default approach the last few years. That means job openings are often not limited by geography. I'm working for a company that doesn't have an office on my side of the continent. For companies that means they can throw a wide net to pick up people with very specific skills.
I think the downside is that mentorship becomes difficult. An all-remote company I worked for before the shutdown said they found it only works well for senior-level engineers or above. I learned a lot of what I know from the guy who used to sit next to me at my first job. I'm not sure if there's a good replacement for that for new devs. There is still collaboration in my current job, but it's limited by the friction of video calls, and timezone mismatches.
My employer forced us back to the office Tuesday through Thursday. The person who made the decision is a VP who works 100% from home. My office of only ten people are already "remote" from the home office across the country. We worked fully remote for two years during the pandemic with no issues.
Funny how return-to-office only applies to some.