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…
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:…
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…
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:…