On the other hand, I know the type of people who bless WFH because they can do the bare minimum not to get fired. I have observed this when supervising a small group of 10 to 20 people in my time. Such people end up being very weak, but stay with the company a lot longer than the best people, who burn out for the reasons you wrote.
As a result, the company is left with such half-robots, who do not demand or do not deserve a promotion...
Like any system, this system will go its way to death or mutate to be useful. It takes time, I think.
Dead weight. In some countries, they would be gone earlier - Europe tends to have better protections for them. It is funny how people think that getting away with doing the bare minimum is winning.