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…
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 500s 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:…
Rumors have started circling on forums this week. CVS sent out an internal email calling people to return to the office in certain locations for three days per week. I reached out to four people at CVS Health/Aetna, but have not heard back at the time of writing this. I will update this article as soon as I get a statement from CVS. Although the…
I track the Fortune 500’s return to office policies here. As a result, I can see all of the Google search terms that bring people to my report. In the last few days, Google searches for “Ford return to office” spiked. This is a telltale sign that a new internal RTO policy has been released. This time, it has yet to be reported in mainstream…
Rumors have started circling on forums this week. John May, the CEO of John Deere, sent out an email calling all employees back to the office four days per week starting in March. I reached out to some people at John Deere, but have not heard back. Although the rumors haven’t been confirmed by anyone at John Deere yet, here’s what I know so far….
Bank of America returned to the office on June 1, 2022 with the expectation for all employees to show up full time (five days per week). Bank of America leadership has taken a pro-office stance with little flexibility for remote work. Managers have provided cupcakes, staff lunches, and more perks to entice employees back to the office (which allows us to assume the employee sentiment…
I’m joined today by Kathy Kacher, the president of Career/Life Alliance Services and co-founder of The SMART Workplace. Kathy is an expert in workforce transformation and has helped numerous companies with post-pandemic plans, return-to-office plans, and implementing a hybrid work model. Interview With Kathy Kacher Below, you’ll find some key takeways that Kathy shared in answering each question. The takeaways were…