David Ellison, CEO of the newly formed merger Paramount Skydance, has announced a full-time return-to-office policy for all U.S.-based employees beginning in January, Business Insider reports. “In-person collaboration is absolutely vital to building and strengthening our culture and driving the success of our business,” Ellison wrote in a company-wide memo. “We need to all be rowing in the same direction… that begins with being together…
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…
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…
On February 7, 2025, Giant Eagle replaced its public-facing DEI page with a new inclusion-only page, eliminating all mentions of “diversity” and “equity” in the process. What Changed Previous Page: Giant Eagle’s original DEI page, titled “Inclusion, Equity & Diversity at Giant Eagle Inc.”, emphasized systemic change, community commitment, and measurable definitions of inclusion, equity, and diversity. New Page: The current page, launched on February…
In this report, we highlight the return-to-office (RTO) policies for the 10 biggest companies headquartered in California. This research by Buildremote is a free subset of our database, The Fortune 500 Return To Office Database. This report was published on July 13, 2025. California ranks first in the nation for Fortune 500 headquarters, with 57 major companies based in the state, including Apple, Alphabet, Meta,…
In this report, we highlight the return-to-office (RTO) policies for the 10 biggest companies headquartered in Minnesota. This research by Buildremote is a free subset of our database, The Fortune 500 Return To Office Database. This report was published on July 8, 2025. Minnesota ranks 10th in the nation for Fortune 500 headquarters, with 17 major companies based in the state, including 3M, Target, UnitedHealth…