NBCUniversal is requiring hybrid employees to return to the office four days per week beginning January 5, 2026. The new mandate, announced in a memo from Chief Operating Officer Adam Miller, applies to staff across NBCUniversal’s U.S. operations. Employees will be required to work onsite Monday through Thursday, with Fridays remaining flexible. NBCUniversal’s Return To Office Policy Start Date: January 5, 2026 Notice Date: September 9,…
Microsoft has updated its return-to-office expectations. In a blog post published on September 9, 2025, Amy Coleman, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, announced that employees will be required to work from the office three days per week starting in 2026. The new policy replaces Microsoft’s hybrid arrangement, which since April 2022 required employees to spend 50% of their time in the office. Here…
Thirty-three Fortune 500 companies currently require employees to be in the office five days a week. Below, you’ll see 10 notable Fortune 500 companies with five-day RTO policies. You’ll also see a bonus section with some non-Fortune 500s. If you want to see all 33, we track the data in our Fortune 500 RTO Database. Here are a few good ways to access the data:…
In June, FOX 9 reported that Target employees at the company’s downtown Minneapolis headquarters are expected to work from the office just five weeks per year. It was one of the least stringent RTO policies in the Fortune 500 and the least in Minnesota specifically. But things have changed at Target. In July, according to a Twin Cities Business article, Target Corp. told select departments at its Minneapolis…
BNY Mellon (#130 on the Fortune 500 list) is the latest major financial institution to tighten its return-to-office policy. Starting today, the company will require most employees to be in the office four days per week—up from three days in 2023. Here’s everything we know about BNY Mellon’s updated return-to-office plan and past policies. BNY Mellon’s Return To Office Policy Here’s the full RTO policy:…
Gap Inc. is the latest major corporation to announce a full return-to-office (RTO) mandate. The order applies to all corporate employees who live near an office and will start in September 2025. San Francisco Business Times first reported the story on February 7, 2025, giving employees a five-month ramp-up period. Here’s everything you need to know about Gap’s RTO policy. Gap’s Return To Office Policy…
Ford Motor Company is ending its flexible hybrid model and moving to a more structured office-based approach. In a memo issued June 25, the company announced that the majority of its global salaried workforce will be required to work from the office four days a week starting September 2, 2025. “We believe working together in person on a day-to-day basis will help accelerate Ford’s transformation…
In this database, we keep an updated list of every publicly stated “return to office” policy for the Fortune 500 (and compile the data at the top). Use the links below to jump to a section that interests you. You can download one of two datasets here. Or, navigate the free report using the table of contents here. Use the RTO Lookup Tool (chat…
Arguably since the first agricultural revolution 10,000+ years ago, work has been tied to a fixed location. That location-based work – first a farm, then a manufacturing plant, then an office – created opportunity. Opportunity attracted workers (or new citizens). Therefore, we always formed cities, countries, and societies primarily through location-based opportunity. Go where the work is, as they say. For the first time in…
CEOs are stepping down at record-high rates. According to a report from Russell Reynolds Associates, a record 202 CEOs of publicly traded companies exited their roles in 2024. This tracks with research by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.: “So far this year, [as of Dec 10, 2024] a record number of CEOs have left their roles.” Through our own primary research at Buildremote, we uncovered…