Is America misreading its workforce as employees put a price tag on office mandates?
At 8:17 a.m., the platform is already crowded. A software engineer scrolls through Slack on her phone as the train pulls into the station, mentally calculating how long she needs to remain visible before she can plausibly head home. Across town, a mid-level manager badges into a glass tower, collects a coffee, greets two colleagues,…