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submitted 3 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Many tech firms have spent the last two years summoning workers back into the office—all the while threatening them with layoffs. Even Zoom reverted to in-person working last year.

But now, it looks like tech bosses have given up their war on working from home.

Just 3% of tech firms are now asking their workers to go into the office full-time—a significant drop from 8% last year.

Flex Index analyzed the flexible work policies for 2,670 tech companies that collectively employ over 11 million people—and it found that tech firms have conceded that flexible working is here to stay.

In fact, 79% of the tech firms surveyed are fully flexible, up from 75% in 2023.

Meanwhile, more and more firms are giving employees the choice of when and where they work.

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[-] snooggums@midwest.social 88 points 3 months ago

The ones that flipped back must have hit their downsizing targets.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 36 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Or, their leases ran out and they were able to move to smaller, cheaper office space by telling everyone to stay home. And think of all the awful coffee that no longer needs to be bought in bulk.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 58 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My company has been 100% remote work since 2012. RTO mandates were a godsend for us. We were able to expand are fully staffed with a tier of talent we never thought we would be able to attract.

EDIT: In case I wasn't clear, we poached the fuck out of the competition.

[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Getting top talent at a discount or at the same price as local talent seems like a no-brainer.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 months ago

We pay more than the big guys. The problem is that we could never compete on benefits or resume clout.

[-] CluelessLemmyng 20 points 3 months ago

Yeah but how many have mandated RTO hours? I know Amazon is demanding two-hour minimums for their office workers. A far cry from fulltime but not exactly commuter friendly.

[-] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 4 points 3 months ago

Amazon corporate has still not budged. Not only do you have to go in for that minimum, but you also have to badge in at least twice a week or your manager and skip level get a ticket about it.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 months ago

They're only backtracking because they have to. Anyone with real talent is telling them to fuck off.

[-] astrsk@kbin.run 7 points 3 months ago

We’ve been full RTO since mid-2022, what’s that 3% actually counting?

Edit- mid 2022. Damn time is weird.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago

Just because your company is in the office doesn’t mean others are. A lot of us are still remote / hybrid. Especially in the mid size companies.

San Francisco’s SoMa district, arguably one of the nations most important tech hubs, is still a ghost town full of empty of empty offices and “for lease” signs.

[-] clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

This situation will continue for at least another couple years until businesses and the city figure out what a downtown should be for

[-] astrsk@kbin.run 8 points 3 months ago

My point was more about timeline. Is my company’s RTO mandate from 2022 part of the 3%? 8%? How are they counting? The article wasn’t very clear to me so I must be missing something.

[-] PlantJam@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

The 3% is full RTO, down from 8% last year. The article goes into all the details.

[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

Unless Google changes course, I don't see a lot of wannabe tech companies changing their slow move back to the office.

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