There's never been a better time to job hunt. I'm not in IB but I am in finance. When my employer wanted us all in 4 days a week I started looking. We all did. A cascade of resignations started. They switched to 3 days in office. It wasn't enough for us. My small team lost half the associates. Even the new hires who have been there for less than a year are now leaving for more pay and fully remote options.

I found a better job with a 50% pay bump that is now Fully Remote. My new office is in another state now. There will be no RTO for me one way or the other and I'm good with that.