Hybrid work is still going strong - unless you're a federal worker

"That's according to new survey data from Gallup, which found that just 28% of federal workers had a hybrid work model in the second quarter of 2025, down from 61% in the final quarter of 2024. At the same time, fully on-site (or in-person) work for federal employees shot up from 17% in the last quarter of 2024 to 46% in the most recent quarter. Fully remote work has increased slightly among federal workers, rising from 21% to 26% over the last six months."

"These shifts have been driven primarily by Trump's return-to-office mandate. The president signed an executive order on the first day of his second term directing agency heads to "terminate remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work in-person at their respective duty stations on a full-time basis." The order did allow for agency heads to make exemptions. Despite the drop among federal workers, hybrid work is still going strong several years after the pandemic upended workplaces around the country."

Federal employees moved sharply from hybrid to in-person work between late 2024 and mid-2025, with hybrid falling from 61% to 28% and fully on-site rising from 17% to 46%. Fully remote among federal workers rose from 21% to 26% over the same period. Gallup found these changes were driven primarily by a presidential executive order directing agency heads to terminate many remote work arrangements while allowing agency-level exemptions. Across the broader workforce, hybrid work remains common, with slightly more than half of workers in hybrid environments and fully remote work holding between 26% and 28%.

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