Starbucks Issues 3-Day RTO Mandate For 3rd Straight Year

Starbucks just announced that VPs (and above) in North America must be in the office three days per week.  But here’s the problem: it’s the third year in a row that Starbucks has called people into the office three days per week. Here is everything you need to know about Starbucks’s return-to-office plan.   Starbucks’s Return To Office Policy RTO Date: February 24, 2025 Notice…

Verizon Courts AT&T Workers Frustrated By RTO Mandate

Verizon, a hybrid company, is using rival AT&T’s in-office policy against them. In a recruiting email from Verizon sent to multiple AT&T employees, the company touted its hybrid and remote opportunities for people fed up with five days per week in the office. Here’s everything you need to know about the story and Verizon’s overall return-to-office (RTO) strategy.   Verizon’s Recruiting Email To AT&T Employees…

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Qualcomm Ends Hybrid Work, Mandates 5-Day RTO

This article was written on Feb 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM. The post was updated on Feb 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM to include the anonymous email. Rumors have started circling on forums today. In an internal meeting that likely occurred on February 18 or 19, 2025, Qualcomm announced that employees must start coming into the office five days per week. I reached out to…

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Petitions, Protests & Space Shortages: JPMorgan’s RTO Fallout

On January 7, JPMorgan Chase mandated a full return to the office, requiring all employees onsite five days per week starting in March. Here are five challenges the bank has faced since announcing the new RTO mandate.   Fortune 500’s Return To The Office Companies Reducing Office Space Why Are Companies Going Back To The Office? RTO news & sentiment by company: Alphabet (Google), Amazon,…

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JPMorgan Staff Launch Petition Against 5-Day RTO Mandate

JPMorgan Chase attempted one of the earliest return-to-office dates of the Fortune 500 on September 21, 2020. After a breakout of COVID occurred, the company backed off the mandate. From the beginning of the COVID lockdowns until early 2022, CEO Jamie Dimon took a hard stance against remote work and for office work. Dimon stated, “We want people back to work. And everyone is going…

Gap Orders 5-Day Office Return Starting September

Gap Inc. is the latest major corporation to announce a full return-to-office (RTO) mandate. San Francisco Business Times first reported the story on February 7, 2025. The order applies to all corporate employees who live near an office and will start in September 2025. Here’s everything you need to know about Gap’s RTO policy.   Gap’s Return To Office Policy [Jan 2025] Notice Date: February…

Dell Issues Its 6th RTO Mandate: 5 Days/Week In March

On Friday, January 31, 2025, Business Insider shared an internal memo from CEO Michael Dell calling everyone within one hour of a Dell office to work in the office five days per week.  “Starting March 3, all hybrid and remote team members who live near a Dell office will work in the office five days a week. We are retiring the hybrid policy effective that…

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Caterpillar Resource Industries Mandates 5-Day RTO

I received an email from a Caterpillar employee stating this: “Caterpillar Resource Industries has mandated 5 day/week return to office for all employees beginning Feb 1, 2025. It will be closely tracked and employees that do not comply will receive a ‘does not meet expectations’ rating for the year.” I went to investigate and can verify a few different ways. Although the discussions haven’t been…

Home Depot Mandates 5-Day Office Work Starting June 2025

Article Updated: January 10, 2025 On January 8, 2025, Home Depot shared internally a new return-to-office policy: Employees working within 50 miles of the headquarters in Atlanta must return to the office full-time starting on June 2, 2025. Here’s everything you need to know about Home Depot’s RTO policy.   Home Depot’s Return To Office Policy [Jan 2025] Notice Date: January 8, 2025 Return To Office Date:…

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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…