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Here is my cheat sheet featuring 12 examples of organizations that announced return-to-office (RTO) updates between October 2024 and January 2025. Among the most recent updates: 1) JPMorganChase, the largest U.S. bank with 316,000 employees globally, will require hybrid workers to return to the office five days a week starting in March. 2) WPP, the global advertising and communications company, will implement a four-day office workweek beginning in April for its 100,000+ employees worldwide, emphasizing the importance of in-person collaboration to creativity. 3) Sullivan & Cromwell, the prominent law firm, updated its guidance to express a preference for attorneys to work on-site Monday through Friday during business hours, underscoring the firm’s belief in the value of in-person collaboration, though not as a formal mandate. As organizations continue to think through their RTO decisions, I am resharing this web page of resources from the October 2024 Remote Work Conference hosted by Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and the Hoover Institution. It includes the recorded presentations and slides used during the conference and has been made available by conference organizers Nick Bloom and Steven Davis.
