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Believe it or not, corporate America has been talking about return-to-office mandates for nearly five years.
Covid-era workplace flexibility started waning in the summer of 2020, and some employees rejected RTO plans. Some companies compromised with hybrid schedules. Others, like Amazon and Dell, followed suit before eventually requiring their employees to come back to the office five days a week.
With 2025 just a few weeks away, HR Brew chatted with workplace experts about how executives and employees are feeling about RTO mandates—and how HR pros can referee their tug-of-war.
Employees are not happy. Flex work has positively affected employees’ work-life balance, burnout,