Over the past few months, more Americans hired to work from home have been pulled back into the office — even if they live states away.
Since 2023, fewer private companies have switched up their office attendance policies, according to a new report. BY SARAH LYNCH, STAFF REPORTER @SARAHDLYNCH JUL 25, 2024 Photo: Getty Images Easing Covid restrictions unleashed a wave of return-to-office mandates over the past few years. But...
In February 2023, Amazon asked all employees to come back to the office for three mandatory days, resulting in some protests from workers. Jassy acknowledged that before the pandemic, when full-time in-office work was the norm, remote work exceptions were made for employees who had extenuating ...
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is mandating that corporate employees return to the office at least three days a week, according to a memo released on Wednesday.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa / AP Newsroom) "Partners, it’s time for us to come back to the office—to do this Mission-critica...
RTO mandates amplify many of the systemic workplace barriers that have held women back. And more women are quitting because of them.
Yet while those companies and many others have issued return-to-office mandates, Nvidia, which has about 26,000 employees worldwide and avaluation of over $1 trillion, is bucking the trend and putting no pressure on remote workers to commute to cubicles. ...
The findings of study implied “that return to office mandates can imply significant human capital costs in terms of output, productivity, innovation, and competitiveness for the companies that implement them.” “We find experienced employees impacted by these policies at major tech companies seek wo...
28% say their company will threaten to fire employees who don’t comply with mandates 9 in 10 Companies Will RTO By 2024 Many businessesgave uptheir physical office spaces during the pandemic, but the vast majority plan to have them moving forward. ...
Some workers even say they wouldn't accept a job that doesn't allow them to work from home at least part time. They are either quitting or forming petitions to protest return to office mandates, according to Axios reporter Eleanor Hawkins. "It's a key sticking point for many employees,"...
The recently updated “Return to Office Mandates and Brain Drain” working paper says businesses that restrict their remote work options “experience abnormally high employee turnover” afterward. Worse still, the resulting increase in departures often involves companies’ most valuable workers, inclu...