Candidate: If you don't provide a flexible working environment post pandemic I'm not working for you. Companies: *surprised Pikachu*

My company has had major financial troubles since the pandemic began. So I've slowly been looking for work over the past few months. My wife works too and we live well below our means and have a lot i

My company has had major financial troubles since the pandemic began. So I've slowly been looking for work over the past few months. My wife works too and we live well below our means and have a lot in savings so there's no rush. What I've encountered is a lot of misleading job postings and/or offers regarding working remote vs. in office post pandemic. For example: - Posts labeled as remote then in the description "remote until after covid". Bait and switch nonsense. - Companies already back in the office for months, well before vaccines. 5 days a week in the office was expected even though they did well with people working remotely. - Companies offering flex between in office and remote during the initial interviews, but backpedal as you interview further - One company who said "your entire team has to determine whether or not you can work from home that day". Yeah, because I want a committee to decide whether or not I can leave my wife home alone with a strange contractor who is working on the house that day. Fuck that. So some of these places I bailed early, and others I bailed after I got an offer and got the real truth in the final interviews. Their reaction was always the same, total shock that I would remove myself from contention or turn down an offer because I was unable to choose my working environment. Some even reached out to me twice and sent me surveys asking what happened (I never respond to these, they know already). Full disclosure, I just want flexibility to determine whether or not I want to be in the office that day, or remote, or full remote. Trust is an important part of any relationship, and right away if I don't have that trust from an employer than our relationship is already off to a bad start. I don't want to be treated like a baby and/or lied to. Also there is a massive financial cost to consider with owning an extra vehicle/gas/wear and tear/and above all time when commuting. That is a huge financial factor that I just can't gloss over as a candidate. So yeah, talented candidates are going to shop around for flexibility in the future and companies will either have to adapt or get left behind. Remote flexibility is not only the future, but the present in tech. What do you think is the future of employees who demand flexibility like this? Have you turned down offers due to remote or lack thereof?