Early into 2024, some key large corporate employers abruptly changed their approach to working from home, which caused me to take note. This blog looks at some fairly recent examples of return-to-office mandates that could be a glimpse of what’s to come. 

A new concept has emerged in the ongoing struggle to get more workers back to the office in person—Envy Offices. We’ll discuss the concept and evaluate whether it has a chance of succeeding at boosting office occupancy rates, which have plateaued at 50% for some time now.

Throughout 2023, there have been increasing calls for federal employees to return to the office. Earlier in the year, those calls were primarily from Republican members of Congress, although the Mayor of Washington D.C. also wanted federal workers to return to the office due to the impact on her...

We have now passed the third anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many things are gradually returning to pre-pandemic norms. In some cases, things have already returned to normal. But one undeniable and lasting change is the effect of the pandemic on remote work.

As the dust begins to settle a bit on the COVID pandemic, many organizations are wrestling with the decision of whether to bring everyone back into the office. Many executives and managers are urging a higher level of Return to Office (RTO), while employees tend to prefer working almost entirely...