"Adam Mosseri, CEO of Instagram, orders staff back to the office five days a week in 2026 2025 Bloomberg Finance LP Instagram recently announced that beginning in February 2026, employees will be required to return to the office five days a week. Instagram's CEO Adam Mosseri described the decision as a way to strengthen creativity, collaboration and momentumsignaling that the company views in-person work as essential for its next stage of growth."
"The announcement also comes as hybrid work is being reevaluated and leaders are looking to balance autonomy with the need for more oversight and stronger team connection. In recent months, major tech companies, including Meta, Google, Amazon and Apple, have all tightened their hybrid policies. None have moved to a full return to office, yet each has introduced more structured in-person schedules to support coordination and consistency across teams."
"Hybrid work creates meaningful benefits for employees. People gain more control over their schedules, spend less time commuting and have more time for personal well-being. These upsides helped hybrid become a preferred model for many organizations. Yet, recent research shows that hybrid arrangements also come with challenges. A 2024 review published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that hybrid teams often face higher communication and coordination costs because work is split across multiple settings."
Instagram will require employees to work in the office five days a week beginning February 2026. CEO Adam Mosseri framed the move as necessary to strengthen creativity, collaboration and momentum and to support the company’s next stage of growth. The shift aligns with a broader tech trend of tightening hybrid policies at firms such as Meta, Google, Amazon and Apple, which have adopted more structured in-person schedules without mandating full returns. Hybrid work delivers schedule control, less commuting and improved wellbeing, but 2024 research and Gallup identify higher communication and coordination costs and reduced connection for hybrid teams.
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