"Even in the age of flexible work, landing your dream hybrid job might not be enough to keep you safe from creeping in-office policies. Just because the job ad promised two days a week of commuting, it doesn't mean it'll stay that way. In fact, many employers are steadily increasing the days they're asking their workforce to show face-but they're doing it on the sly to not spook staff or trigger pushback."
"According to the report, only 23% of employers have made formal changes to their remote or hybrid policies in the past year. Likewise, 73% of workers say their companies haven't changed their remote or hybrid policies in the past year. Yet, the number of in-person days coming down the pipeline has been stealthily increasing. The report found that today, 63% of employees are fully in-office, 9% are fully remote, and about one in four are hybrid-up from 2024."
"The data shows that while most companies insist their policies are unchanged, employees are quietly being asked to show up more often. In 2024, just 32% of hybrid workers were expected in four days a week-but that's already climbed to 34% in 2025. That is, up from about one-quarter in 2023. Meanwhile, the share of workers commuting only once a week dropped from 7% to 5%."
Many employers are quietly increasing required in-office days while formal policies often remain unchanged. Only 23% of employers made formal changes to remote or hybrid policies in the past year, and 73% of workers report no formal changes. Today 63% of employees are fully in-office, 9% fully remote, and about one in four hybrid, up from 2024. Expectations for hybrid workers to be in four days rose from 32% in 2024 to 34% in 2025, while once-weekly commuting fell from 7% to 5%. The slow upward shift blurs work-life boundaries and reduces schedule clarity.
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