On September 16, 2024, Amazon issued its sixth publicly-shared return-to-office (RTO) policy. But on December 16, 2024, Business Insider reported that Amazon may not have enough space for some employees in some locations. Here’s everything you need to know about Amazon’s RTO policy. Latest Amazon RTO Policy September 2024: According to CNBC, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sent a new memo instructing corporate employees to…
Many RTO announcements are met with public employee backlash. And a few recent surveys show the same. A Gartner survey of 2,080 knowledge worker employees from May through June 2023 found the following: Intent to stay among knowledge employees surveyed was 8% lower with strict RTO mandates Intent to stay among high-performing employees surveyed was 16% lower Intent to stay among millennial employees surveyed was…
This post was originally written on November 4, 2024. It was updated on November 5, 2024 after an email from an AT&T employee. Rumors have started circling on forums this week. AT&T most likely started calling executives to return to the office for five days per week. It’s unclear whether that has already taken effect or will take effect on January 2, 2025. I have…
In a memo posted to Reddit (then covered by Business Insider, The Register, and more), Dell sales leadership called the sales team back into the office for five days per week with just three days’ notice. According to the Reddit poster, the memo went out of September 26 and the mandate starts on September 30. Here is everything you need to know about Dell’s return…
RTX (Raytheon) message boards have become popular over the last month about changing return-to-office plans. Based on the discussions, Raytheon management likely sent out a memo to most employees (definitely not all) requiring a return to the office in October of 2024. Although the rumors haven’t been confirmed by anyone at RTX yet, here’s what I know so far. RTX’s New Return To Office Policy…
Here is everything you need to know about State Farm’s return to office plan: the current policy, the timeline, and sentiment from State Farm leadership about how work will be done in the future at the company. State Farm’s Return To Office Policy Return To Office Date: July 1, 2021 Location Policy: Hybrid Office Visit Expectations: Set by manager Office Space Footprint: Decreasing …
Intel is one of the few Fortune 100s to publicly state it will not require an official return to the office. Here’s everything you need to know about Intel’s return to office plan: the current policy, sentiment, and timeline. Intel’s Return To Office: Current Policy Location Policy: Hybrid Office Visit Expectations: None Office Space Footprint: Decreasing Intel’s RTO Timeline November 3, 2021: Existing policy:…
The most recent public update from Verizon about its return-to-office policy came in 2022. As of April 1, 2022, most corporate Verizon employees are expected to work on a hybrid schedule, although a specific amount of visits per week was never specified. Here is everything you need to know about Verizon’s return to office plan: the current policy, the timeline of delays, and sentiment from…
Home Depot’s primary return-to-office policy for corporate employees calls for three or four office visits per week. Home Depot CEO, Edward Decker, shared this in September of 2023. Home Depot has been reducing office space in the last few years which indicates a move toward hybrid and remote work. Home Depot’s Return To Office Policy Return To Office Date: January 3, 2022 Location Policy:…
Rumors have started circling on forums this week. CVS sent out an internal email calling people to return to the office in certain locations for three days per week. I reached out to four people at CVS Health/Aetna, but have not heard back at the time of writing this. I will update this article as soon as I get a statement from CVS. Although the…