diff --git a/src/bulk/common.ts b/src/bulk/common.ts
index e4da3762656..8d29804b07d 100644
--- a/src/bulk/common.ts
+++ b/src/bulk/common.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ import { PromiseProvider } from '../promise_provider';
 import { Long, ObjectId, Document, BSONSerializeOptions, resolveBSONOptions } from '../bson';
 import { MongoError, MongoWriteConcernError, AnyError } from '../error';
 import {
-  applyWriteConcern,
   applyRetryableWrites,
   executeLegacyOperation,
   hasAtomicOperators,
   Callback,
   MongoDBNamespace,
   maxWireVersion,
-  getTopology
+  getTopology,
+  resolveOptions
 } from '../utils';
 import { executeOperation } from '../operations/execute_operation';
 import { InsertOperation } from '../operations/insert';
@@ -571,14 +571,10 @@ function executeCommands(
     executeCommands(bulkOperation, options, callback);
   }
 
-  const finalOptions = Object.assign(
-    { ordered: bulkOperation.isOrdered },
-    bulkOperation.bsonOptions,
-    options
-  );
-  if (bulkOperation.s.writeConcern != null) {
-    finalOptions.writeConcern = bulkOperation.s.writeConcern;
-  }
+  const finalOptions = resolveOptions(bulkOperation, {
+    ...options,
+    ordered: bulkOperation.isOrdered
+  });
 
   if (finalOptions.bypassDocumentValidation !== true) {
     delete finalOptions.bypassDocumentValidation;
@@ -935,10 +931,9 @@ export abstract class BulkOperationBase {
     //   + 1 bytes for null terminator
     const maxKeySize = (maxWriteBatchSize - 1).toString(10).length + 2;
 
-    // Final options for retryable writes and write concern
+    // Final options for retryable writes
     let finalOptions = Object.assign({}, options);
     finalOptions = applyRetryableWrites(finalOptions, collection.s.db);
-    finalOptions = applyWriteConcern(finalOptions, { collection: collection }, options);
 
     // Final results
     const bulkResult: BulkResult = {
@@ -983,7 +978,7 @@ export abstract class BulkOperationBase {
       // Options
       options: finalOptions,
       // BSON options
-      bsonOptions: resolveBSONOptions(options, collection),
+      bsonOptions: resolveBSONOptions(options),
       // Current operation
       currentOp,
       // Executed
@@ -1169,19 +1164,18 @@ export abstract class BulkOperationBase {
     return this.s.bsonOptions;
   }
 
+  get writeConcern(): WriteConcern | undefined {
+    return this.s.writeConcern;
+  }
+
   /** An internal helper method. Do not invoke directly. Will be going away in the future */
-  execute(
-    _writeConcern?: WriteConcern,
-    options?: BulkWriteOptions,
-    callback?: Callback<BulkWriteResult>
-  ): Promise<void> | void {
+  execute(options?: BulkWriteOptions, callback?: Callback<BulkWriteResult>): Promise<void> | void {
     if (typeof options === 'function') (callback = options), (options = {});
     options = options || {};
 
-    if (typeof _writeConcern === 'function') {
-      callback = _writeConcern as Callback;
-    } else if (_writeConcern && typeof _writeConcern === 'object') {
-      this.s.writeConcern = _writeConcern;
+    const writeConcern = WriteConcern.fromOptions(options);
+    if (writeConcern) {
+      this.s.writeConcern = writeConcern;
     }
 
     if (this.s.executed) {
diff --git a/src/collection.ts b/src/collection.ts
index abc1ca6da32..63409148625 100644
--- a/src/collection.ts
+++ b/src/collection.ts
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ export class Collection implements OperationParent {
 
     return executeOperation(
       getTopology(this),
-      new InsertManyOperation(this, docs, options),
+      new InsertManyOperation(this, docs, resolveOptions(this, options)),
       callback
     );
   }
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ export class Collection implements OperationParent {
 
     return executeOperation(
       getTopology(this),
-      new BulkWriteOperation(this, operations, options),
+      new BulkWriteOperation(this, operations, resolveOptions(this, options)),
       callback
     );
   }
@@ -1312,12 +1312,12 @@ export class Collection implements OperationParent {
 
   /** Initiate an Out of order batch write operation. All operations will be buffered into insert/update/remove commands executed out of order. */
   initializeUnorderedBulkOp(options?: BulkWriteOptions): any {
-    return new UnorderedBulkOperation(this, options ?? {});
+    return new UnorderedBulkOperation(this, resolveOptions(this, options));
   }
 
   /** Initiate an In order bulk write operation. Operations will be serially executed in the order they are added, creating a new operation for each switch in types. */
   initializeOrderedBulkOp(options?: BulkWriteOptions): any {
-    return new OrderedBulkOperation(this, options ?? {});
+    return new OrderedBulkOperation(this, resolveOptions(this, options));
   }
 
   /** Get the db scoped logger */
diff --git a/src/operations/bulk_write.ts b/src/operations/bulk_write.ts
index 6838f6fe5eb..e2c829fbbe0 100644
--- a/src/operations/bulk_write.ts
+++ b/src/operations/bulk_write.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import { applyRetryableWrites, applyWriteConcern, Callback } from '../utils';
-import { OperationBase } from './operation';
-import { resolveBSONOptions } from '../bson';
-import { WriteConcern } from '../write_concern';
+import { applyRetryableWrites, Callback } from '../utils';
+import { Aspect, defineAspects, OperationBase } from './operation';
 import type { Collection } from '../collection';
 import type {
   BulkOperationBase,
@@ -25,9 +23,6 @@ export class BulkWriteOperation extends OperationBase<BulkWriteOptions, BulkWrit
 
     this.collection = collection;
     this.operations = operations;
-
-    // Assign BSON serialize options to OperationBase, preferring options over collection options
-    this.bsonOptions = resolveBSONOptions(options, collection);
   }
 
   execute(server: Server, callback: Callback<BulkWriteResult>): void {
@@ -50,15 +45,11 @@ export class BulkWriteOperation extends OperationBase<BulkWriteOptions, BulkWrit
       return callback(err);
     }
 
-    // Final options for retryable writes and write concern
     let finalOptions = Object.assign({}, options);
     finalOptions = applyRetryableWrites(finalOptions, coll.s.db);
-    finalOptions = applyWriteConcern(finalOptions, { db: coll.s.db, collection: coll }, options);
-
-    const writeCon = WriteConcern.fromOptions(finalOptions);
 
     // Execute the bulk
-    bulk.execute(writeCon, finalOptions, (err, r) => {
+    bulk.execute(finalOptions, (err, r) => {
       // We have connection level error
       if (!r && err) {
         return callback(err);
@@ -69,3 +60,5 @@ export class BulkWriteOperation extends OperationBase<BulkWriteOptions, BulkWrit
     });
   }
 }
+
+defineAspects(BulkWriteOperation, [Aspect.WRITE_OPERATION]);
diff --git a/src/operations/command.ts b/src/operations/command.ts
index 0d89485c680..f1527980f7a 100644
--- a/src/operations/command.ts
+++ b/src/operations/command.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ import { Aspect, OperationBase, OperationOptions } from './operation';
 import { ReadConcern } from '../read_concern';
 import { WriteConcern, WriteConcernOptions } from '../write_concern';
 import { maxWireVersion, MongoDBNamespace, Callback } from '../utils';
-import { ReadPreference, ReadPreferenceLike } from '../read_preference';
+import type { ReadPreference } from '../read_preference';
 import { commandSupportsReadConcern } from '../sessions';
 import { MongoError } from '../error';
 import type { Logger } from '../logger';
 import type { Server } from '../sdam/server';
-import { BSONSerializeOptions, Document, resolveBSONOptions } from '../bson';
+import type { BSONSerializeOptions, Document } from '../bson';
 import type { CollationOptions } from '../cmap/wire_protocol/write_command';
 import type { ReadConcernLike } from './../read_concern';
 
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ export interface CommandOperationOptions extends OperationOptions, WriteConcernO
   fullResponse?: boolean;
   /** Specify a read concern and level for the collection. (only MongoDB 3.2 or higher supported) */
   readConcern?: ReadConcernLike;
-  /** The preferred read preference (ReadPreference.primary, ReadPreference.primary_preferred, ReadPreference.secondary, ReadPreference.secondary_preferred, ReadPreference.nearest). */
-  readPreference?: ReadPreferenceLike;
   /** Collation */
   collation?: CollationOptions;
   maxTimeMS?: number;
@@ -51,7 +49,6 @@ export abstract class CommandOperation<
   TResult = Document
 > extends OperationBase<T> {
   ns: MongoDBNamespace;
-  readPreference: ReadPreference;
   readConcern?: ReadConcern;
   writeConcern?: WriteConcern;
   explain: boolean;
@@ -73,21 +70,13 @@ export abstract class CommandOperation<
         : new MongoDBNamespace('admin', '$cmd');
     }
 
-    this.readPreference = this.hasAspect(Aspect.WRITE_OPERATION)
-      ? ReadPreference.primary
-      : ReadPreference.fromOptions(options) ?? ReadPreference.primary;
     this.readConcern = ReadConcern.fromOptions(options);
     this.writeConcern = WriteConcern.fromOptions(options);
-    this.bsonOptions = resolveBSONOptions(options);
 
     this.explain = false;
     this.fullResponse =
       options && typeof options.fullResponse === 'boolean' ? options.fullResponse : false;
 
-    // TODO: A lot of our code depends on having the read preference in the options. This should
-    //       go away, but also requires massive test rewrites.
-    this.options.readPreference = this.readPreference;
-
     // TODO(NODE-2056): make logger another "inheritable" property
     if (parent && parent.logger) {
       this.logger = parent.logger;
diff --git a/src/operations/common_functions.ts b/src/operations/common_functions.ts
index 69b1befc0d4..3b24a996a06 100644
--- a/src/operations/common_functions.ts
+++ b/src/operations/common_functions.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 import { MongoError } from '../error';
-import {
-  applyRetryableWrites,
-  applyWriteConcern,
-  decorateWithCollation,
-  Callback,
-  getTopology
-} from '../utils';
+import { applyRetryableWrites, decorateWithCollation, Callback, getTopology } from '../utils';
 import type { Document } from '../bson';
 import type { Db } from '../db';
 import type { ClientSession } from '../sessions';
@@ -136,10 +130,9 @@ export function removeDocuments(
   // Create an empty options object if the provided one is null
   options = options || {};
 
-  // Final options for retryable writes and write concern
+  // Final options for retryable writes
   let finalOptions = Object.assign({}, options);
   finalOptions = applyRetryableWrites(finalOptions, coll.s.db);
-  finalOptions = applyWriteConcern(finalOptions, { db: coll.s.db, collection: coll }, options);
 
   // If selector is null set empty
   if (selector == null) selector = {};
@@ -218,16 +211,9 @@ export function updateDocuments(
   if (document == null || typeof document !== 'object')
     return callback(new TypeError('document must be a valid JavaScript object'));
 
-  // Final options for retryable writes and write concern
+  // Final options for retryable writes
   let finalOptions = Object.assign({}, options);
   finalOptions = applyRetryableWrites(finalOptions, coll.s.db);
-  finalOptions = applyWriteConcern(finalOptions, { db: coll.s.db, collection: coll }, options);
-
-  // Do we return the actual result document
-  // Either use override on the function, or go back to default on either the collection
-  // level or db
-  finalOptions.serializeFunctions =
-    options.serializeFunctions || coll.bsonOptions.serializeFunctions;
 
   // Execute the operation
   const op: Document = { q: selector, u: document };
diff --git a/src/operations/find_and_modify.ts b/src/operations/find_and_modify.ts
index 58c21856997..05794c64d69 100644
--- a/src/operations/find_and_modify.ts
+++ b/src/operations/find_and_modify.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import {
   maxWireVersion,
   applyRetryableWrites,
   decorateWithCollation,
-  applyWriteConcern,
   hasAtomicOperators,
   Callback
 } from '../utils';
@@ -107,9 +106,8 @@ export class FindAndModifyOperation extends CommandOperation<FindAndModifyOption
     // No check on the documents
     options.checkKeys = false;
 
-    // Final options for retryable writes and write concern
+    // Final options for retryable writes
     options = applyRetryableWrites(options, coll.s.db);
-    options = applyWriteConcern(options, { db: coll.s.db, collection: coll }, options);
 
     // Decorate the findAndModify command with the write Concern
     if (options.writeConcern) {
diff --git a/src/operations/insert.ts b/src/operations/insert.ts
index 0b4b431f765..0fad3ec5fda 100644
--- a/src/operations/insert.ts
+++ b/src/operations/insert.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { MongoError } from '../error';
 import { defineAspects, Aspect, OperationBase } from './operation';
 import { CommandOperation } from './command';
-import { applyRetryableWrites, applyWriteConcern, Callback, MongoDBNamespace } from '../utils';
+import { applyRetryableWrites, Callback, MongoDBNamespace } from '../utils';
 import { prepareDocs } from './common_functions';
 import type { Server } from '../sdam/server';
 import type { Collection } from '../collection';
@@ -98,10 +98,9 @@ function insertDocuments(
   // Ensure we are operating on an array op docs
   docs = Array.isArray(docs) ? docs : [docs];
 
-  // Final options for retryable writes and write concern
+  // Final options for retryable writes
   let finalOptions = Object.assign({}, options);
   finalOptions = applyRetryableWrites(finalOptions, coll.s.db);
-  finalOptions = applyWriteConcern(finalOptions, { db: coll.s.db, collection: coll }, options);
 
   // If keep going set unordered
   if (finalOptions.keepGoing === true) finalOptions.ordered = false;
diff --git a/src/operations/insert_many.ts b/src/operations/insert_many.ts
index e5a15fc0c6e..b9ec116efe0 100644
--- a/src/operations/insert_many.ts
+++ b/src/operations/insert_many.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { OperationBase } from './operation';
+import { Aspect, defineAspects, OperationBase } from './operation';
 import { BulkWriteOperation } from './bulk_write';
 import { MongoError } from '../error';
 import { prepareDocs } from './common_functions';
 import type { Callback } from '../utils';
 import type { Collection } from '../collection';
-import { ObjectId, Document, resolveBSONOptions } from '../bson';
+import type { ObjectId, Document } from '../bson';
 import type { BulkWriteResult, BulkWriteOptions } from '../bulk/common';
 import type { Server } from '../sdam/server';
 
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ export class InsertManyOperation extends OperationBase<BulkWriteOptions, InsertM
 
     this.collection = collection;
     this.docs = docs;
-
-    // Assign BSON serialize options to OperationBase, preferring options over collection options
-    this.bsonOptions = resolveBSONOptions(options, collection);
   }
 
   execute(server: Server, callback: Callback<InsertManyResult>): void {
@@ -73,3 +70,5 @@ function mapInsertManyResults(docs: Document[], r: BulkWriteResult): InsertManyR
 
   return finalResult;
 }
+
+defineAspects(InsertManyOperation, [Aspect.WRITE_OPERATION]);
diff --git a/src/operations/operation.ts b/src/operations/operation.ts
index f34b162fb75..c11ff4d846b 100644
--- a/src/operations/operation.ts
+++ b/src/operations/operation.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { ReadPreference } from '../read_preference';
+import { ReadPreference, ReadPreferenceLike } from '../read_preference';
 import type { ClientSession } from '../sessions';
-import type { Document, BSONSerializeOptions } from '../bson';
+import { Document, BSONSerializeOptions, resolveBSONOptions } from '../bson';
 import type { MongoDBNamespace, Callback } from '../utils';
 import type { Server } from '../sdam/server';
 
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ export interface OperationOptions extends BSONSerializeOptions {
 
   explain?: boolean;
   willRetryWrites?: boolean;
+
+  /** The preferred read preference (ReadPreference.primary, ReadPreference.primary_preferred, ReadPreference.secondary, ReadPreference.secondary_preferred, ReadPreference.nearest). */
+  readPreference?: ReadPreferenceLike;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -49,7 +52,16 @@ export abstract class OperationBase<
 
   constructor(options: T = {} as T) {
     this.options = Object.assign({}, options);
-    this.readPreference = ReadPreference.primary;
+
+    this.readPreference = this.hasAspect(Aspect.WRITE_OPERATION)
+      ? ReadPreference.primary
+      : ReadPreference.fromOptions(options) ?? ReadPreference.primary;
+    // TODO: A lot of our code depends on having the read preference in the options. This should
+    //       go away, but also requires massive test rewrites.
+    this.options.readPreference = this.readPreference;
+
+    // Pull the BSON serialize options from the already-resolved options
+    this.bsonOptions = resolveBSONOptions(options);
   }
 
   abstract execute(server: Server, callback: Callback<TResult>): void;