3M Drops ‘Work Your Way,’ Requires 4 Days in Office

3M will end its flexible “Work Your Way” approach and require most U.S. employees to work on-site four days a week starting September 1, 2025, according to a company statement.

The policy applies to all non-production staff. Distance-exempt employees will remain unaffected.

“Our ability to engage, collaborate and innovate is stronger in person,” a 3M spokesperson said. “It allows our teams to be present and engage on a personal level… and to focus on priorities in real time, with speed and urgency”.

Here’s everything you need to know about 3M’s RTO policy.

From ‘Work Your Way’ to ‘Work Our Way’

3M’s shift comes less than four years after launching “Work Your Way,” a trust-based model designed to let employees “work when and where they can most effectively.” The policy embodied flexibility, autonomy, and hybrid-friendly values when it was introduced in October 2021.

The 3M article introducing the new policy is now gone, but you can still read it on The Wayback Machine.

That began to shift in November 2024, when CEO Bill Brown told directors to work on-site at least three days per week, citing a renewed focus on “reinvigorating the 3M innovation machine.”

Now, as of September 2025, all corporate staff are expected in four days a week.

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