The new recent development I'm describing below profoundly and permanently shifted my perception of the company.
I'm a knowledge worker like many others in the company. The duties of my job could be performed fully remotely.
Nevertheless, all employees, regardless of the nature of their work, were suddenly being asked to show up five days per week in person in the office, which I consider a significant step back from the initial laid back guideline of three days out of five. Showing up three days per week is suddenly deemed to be unacceptable.
A hard earned collective perk achieved during the last years of pandemic is suddenly gone. Of course for the first time since I joined I'm having second thoughts.