In reality bosses want their workers back and most workers would rather stay at home.

I disagree completely, this whole narrative they've cooked up is their tactic describing everything backwards, of how it is.

What most workers want is the office to return to a point of sanity. Most people do not want to work in social isolation cubes.

because neither myself nor anyone I know does office work. We all do machining.

It sounds like what you're saying is a conclusion from the carefully manipulated gossip network.

The people are good at manipulating these these neyworks are the people who most want no office.