They want people in the office, but they still want people to be able to work when they’re at home too. No shot RTO comes with blocking remote access to corp systems, or even prod for that matter.
How would oncalls be handled without it even?
Why would the PC be disconnected?
Small pedantic note - Halo CE was originally the official abbreviation for Halo Custom Edition, which was launched on PC shortly before Halo 2, leading to quite a bit of Halo Combat Evolved being referenced as Halo CE.
I get that one is obscure, and the other popular, but drives me mad none the less.
I’ve done a fair amount of company and location hopping over the past 10 years I’m jobs, and have found that the 9-5 does still exist, but your totally right, most places demand 8-5.
The bizarre part to me was the phrase was still the same, even at The 8-5 jobs.
Swag was my nginx introduction, and it was mildly confusing because I ran it on docker and didn’t understand how to edit configs at the time. I’d recommend following a guide instead of winging it like I did 😅
Oncall is usually a 24/7 type of thing, where speed is a major factor, and I doubt they would want to restrict oncall engineers to on-site only.