For your work week, would you rather?

B, it's my labor and my choice. I don't need an arbitrary mandate to sit in traffic and inconvenience my life to code and attend virtual calls. It frustrates me sitting in traffic, forces unpaid work time on me, and takes me away from my family. I'm more productive in my own comfort zone. If I need help, I've always been able to resolve issues and be coached remotely.

The only ground I'm willing to give on the topic is that it's not for everyone. As mentioned, it's a choice. If I mandate my employees to one way, I'm equally wrong. However, I wouldn't hire a single individual who couldn't be coached remotely or learn remote and that's because I'm not going to bring someone into a situation they can't win.

B

If you live an hour from the office, the commute for a 4 day work week is 8 hours total. So you could frame the choice between B and C as spending 8 hours in the comfort of your own home being productive vs spending 8 hours in traffic.

If you live less than an hour from the office, C becomes more appealing because you can organize a 3-day weekend (camping trip, visiting another city, whatever) every week.