Comment by frm88

In addition to your 1.) It's also a power demonstration as in: no matter how far you have to travel/commute, we're the ones paying, so you come when called. Since commutes are rarely paid for, that makes clear who's king. Same goes for open office spaces: the conditions and their effect on you don't really matter to the king.

There's a 4. in that these measures sometimes serve the purpose of reducing headcount without having to publicly announce layoffs.