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Report: 44 Organizations Cut or Ended DEI Since 2023

The phrase “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (or DEI) grew from virtually nothing in 2019 to a fast peak in 2021. But since then, DEI has given away nearly all of its gains in the workplace. In this report, we cover 44 organizations (including companies, universities, and government entities) that have reduced or eliminated their DEI programs. These organizations… Have 1,000+ employees The stories that have been…

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Amazon’s 6th RTO Mandate Loses Steam [DEC 2024]

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…

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18 Major Companies Requiring 5 Days In Office

17 of the Fortune 500 companies are currently requiring five days per week in the office. Below, you’ll see the all 17 of those companies plus other notable five-day RTO companies. All of this information comes from Buildremote’s database of the Fortune 500 RTO policies.   1) Amazon According to CNBC, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sent a new memo instructing corporate employees to come into…

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Every Major CEO Stepping Down: 2020-2024

CEOs are stepping down at record-high rates.  According to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc…. “In 2023, 1,914 CEOs left their posts, a 55% increase from the 1,235 CEO changes in 2022. Last year’s total is the highest on record, surpassing the previous record of 1,640 CEO exits in 2019.” In this report, you’ll find every notable CEO stepping down since 2020. We…

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16 Major Companies Experiencing RTO Pushback

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…

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AT&T Mandates 5-Day RTO Starting In January 2025

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…

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Fortune 500 Return To Office Tracker [Oct 2024]

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. RTO policy statistics RTO for the Fortune…

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60 Headquarters Have Left San Francisco Since 2020

Once the hub for tech companies in the world, San Francisco is now facing a wave of businesses leaving the Bay Area. An astonishing 35% of San Francisco’s workforce works primarily from home, according to a 2021 NBC Bay Area report. That’s the highest among all US cities where data was collected. And with workers staying home or moving out of San Francisco altogether, the…

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Every Major Company Reducing Office Space: 2020-2024

At Buildremote, we’ve reported a staggering amount of well-known companies that have implemented some form of permanent remote work. Next, we analyzed in-depth the true plans for the Fortune 100’s return to office. As of October 2024, only 10 of the Fortune 100 had declared a full return to the office for all employees. The others planned to never come back in full, come back…

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15 Countries With 4-Day Work Week Policies

This post was originally written on January 3, 2022. Every time a notable four-day work week country announcement comes out, we update the post. Most recently, this post was updated on October 5, 2024. Here are all of the countries with four-day weeks in some form. They’ve either 1) implemented a four-day work week law, 2) proposed a new bill, or 3) are trialing it…