"In 2025, 28% of companies required employees to be in the office five days a week, while 13% required four, 28% required three and 11% allowed full remote work. However, in 2026, 1 in 8 companies plan to increase the number of required days in the office, while 3 in 10 won't allow remote work."
"AT&T turned heads in January last year when it decided to pull a lever that has left corporate America up in arms. Like many other companies across the nation, the telecom giant pulled the plug on remote work, ordering employees to return to working in the office five days a week. Before the policy change, employees were allowed to work hybrid schedules, in which they were mandated to work only three days a week."
AT&T reinstated a five-day in-office requirement after previously allowing three-day hybrid schedules. Survey data show varied in-office requirements in 2025, but rising mandates in 2026, with one in eight companies planning to increase required office days and three in ten planning to ban remote work. Companies cite strengthening company culture (64%), improving productivity (62%), and maximizing office-space use (45%) as primary reasons; 8% cited encouraging employees to quit. Leaders often equate visibility with productivity and express fear of losing collaboration and culture. AT&T faced employee criticism over limited open desks and parking after the mandate.
Read at Bradenton Herald
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