Remember that return-to-office mandate Microsoft announced last fall? It’s almost here. Monday, Feb. 23 — yes, next week! — will mark the start of the company’s new policy requiring Puget Sound (a.k.a ...

In the past week, automaker Stellantis and retailer Home Depot became the latest major companies to call employees back to the office five days a week. They join employers like Instagram, Paramount ...

California state departments were short thousands of workstations needed to accommodate returning government employees ahead of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s return-to-office directive last spring, documents ...

Within minutes of starting his emergency room shift at 7 a.m. on July 4, chief attending physician Michael “Dr. Robby” Robinavitch has already solved a crisis. It’s a minor one — a panicked former ...

After years of shedding office space, Microsoft is slowly reversing course as it calls workers back to the office. The Redmond-based tech giant confirmed to The Seattle Times this week that it renewed ...

The employee-employer power balance has shifted firmly to the employer, according to Glassdoor’s 2026 Worklife Trends report — and it has prompted employees to reexamine their engagement in turn. That ...

A new report from D.C.-based analytics and advisory firm Gallup shows that the hybrid work trend, which became a pillar of the U.S. workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic, has stabilized since the end ...

Ford Motor Co. has wielded the stick over the carrot in its efforts to get employees to return to the office, and it isn't alone. The Detroit-based automaker told employees to show up in the office ...

Companies like Starbucks, Paramount and Microsoft are among the latest to issue new return-to-office requirements, but mass RTO has been a years-long push across Corporate America. Getting workers ...

In ten years in workplace analytics, I've seen a number of trends come and go. The post-pandemic world produced another one: "Employee-choice hybrid." The pitch was compelling: Maximum flexibility ...