NBCUniversal Orders Four-Day Return to Office

NBCUniversal is requiring hybrid employees to return to the office four days per week beginning January 5, 2026. The new mandate, announced in a memo from Chief Operating Officer Adam Miller, applies to staff across NBCUniversal’s U.S. operations. Employees will be required to work onsite Monday through Thursday, with Fridays remaining flexible. NBCUniversal’s Return To Office Policy Start Date: January 5, 2026 Notice Date: September 9,…

Microsoft Updates RTO Policy: 3 Days In Office

Microsoft has updated its return-to-office expectations. In a blog post published on September 9, 2025, Amy Coleman, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, announced that employees will be required to work from the office three days per week starting in 2026. The new policy replaces Microsoft’s hybrid arrangement, which since April 2022 required employees to spend 50% of their time in the office. Here…

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Paramount Skydance Mandates Full-Time RTO in 2026

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…

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Target Expands RTO: 3 Days/Week For Most On Sep 2

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…

Intel Workers Are Expected In The Office 4 Days/Week On Sep 2

Intel was one of the few Fortune 500 companies to publicly state it would not require an official return to the office. The company shared this approach in 2021 and reiterated it in 2023. But as of April 24, 2025, Intel has reversed course.  An internal memo told employees to 1) watch for layoffs and 2) return to the office four days per week in September…

BNY Mellon Moves To 4-Day RTO Starting September 2

BNY Mellon (#130 on the Fortune 500 list) is the latest major financial institution to tighten its return-to-office policy. Starting today, the company will require most employees to be in the office four days per week—up from three days in 2023. Here’s everything we know about BNY Mellon’s updated return-to-office plan and past policies. BNY Mellon’s Return To Office Policy Here’s the full RTO policy:…

Gap Mandates Full-Time Office Return Starting Today

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

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Ford Mandates 4 Days In Office Starting September 2

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…

Verizon Ups RTO To 3 Days/Week, Leases Larger Headquarters

Verizon Communications has updated its return-to-office (RTO) policy, requiring management and corporate employees approved for hybrid work to report to the office three days per week starting the day after Labor Day. Previously, these employees were required to work eight days per month. The change coincides with Verizon’s lease of 200,000 square feet of office space at the newly renovated Penn 2 tower near Manhattan’s…

Rogers Communications To Require 5 Days In Office By February

Rogers Communications is phasing in a new return-to-office (RTO) policy that will ultimately require all corporate employees to be in the office five days per week, according to a July 28 report from HRD Canada. The company, which employs approximately 24,000 people, said the phased approach is designed to give employees and their families time to adjust. Want to see how Canada’s biggest companies are…