How Major Companies are Returning to the Office (and Useful Resources)
i4cp research shows that by fall 2021, the majority of companies within the U.S. will have reopened offices, with workplaces in other regions and countries opening based on local conditions.
But decisions regarding returning to the office and work models going forward present a new set of challenges for leaders. Many are grappling with balancing the desire to have employees interacting in-person and onsite with the preferences and expectations of those employees who want continuing flexible working arrangements, such as hybrid work models.
Return to the office decisions and policies that have been made public so far have differed from one company to another as have the varying reactions on the part of workers. The following stories, examples, and considerations related to return to the office strategies and policies are being curated by i4cp's research team to assist leaders in their planning for 2021 and beyond (we'll add more over time):
Companies That Have Announced Their Intentions to Offer More WFH Opportunities (updated daily)
- California, NYC to workers: Get vaccine or face weekly tests
- Royal Bank of Canada Says Hybrid Work ‘Here to Stay’ as It Eyes Office Return
- TikTok tells employees to return to office for three days a week
- Raymond James plots fall return to in-person work, with ‘more flexibility’
- HSBC: French staff have option to work remotely half the time
- BNP Paribus: Some bankers to remote work two days one week, three days the next week
- Deutsche Bank: Employees to work from home up to three days a week
- ‘The pandemic has proven it’s doable’: Inside Pepsico’s flexible-working model
- UBS to let most workers adopt permanent hybrid arrangements
- Uber to let office staff work up to half their time from anywhere
- Deloitte tells its 20,000 UK Employees They Can Work From Home Forever
- Aflac announces plan to phase employees back into office
- AmEx Goes Hybrid With Most Workers at Home Mondays and Fridays
- Goldman Sachs Requires All Employees to Report Vaccination Status
- Facebook Lets More Employees Choose Full-Time Remote Work or Return to the Office
- IBM Tells U.S. Employees to Return to Office in September
- Apple employees pushing back on CEO Tim Cook's order to return to the office
- Amazon adjusts return-to-office guidance, says employees can work two days a week remotely
- Salesforce expects at least half of employees to continue working remotely
- Goldman Sachs employees in U.S., UK to return to office
- Citi CEO: The Future of Work at Citi
- Google CEO: A hybrid approach to work
- Qualcomm CEO: We will have a flexible return to office policy for workers
- Ford to allow 30,000 employees remain remote post-pandemic
- How Zillow's Flexible Work Policy Won Over Employees
- MIT Management: A 4-step framework for returning to the office
- There’s No One-Size-Fits-All Business Approach To The New World Of Work
- The Federal News Network covers governmental agency RTO policies
Need help developing your return to office strategy?
Download i4cp's Return to the Workplace Checklist (updated Q1 2021) for key things to consider, and attend our From Cube to Cloud Research Reveal webinar on June 23 to hear i4cp's recommendations on flexible work and other work model ideas.
