If 2022 was the year corporate bosses planned for a mass return to offices, 2023 might usher in a new era of concessions.
All throughout the last year, companies like Apple, Google, Twitter and Goldman Sachs sent out memos coaxing people back in-person, to varying degrees of success. But hopes of a grand return haven’t quite panned out en masse. For most of the year, the average office occupancy rate in 10 major U.S. cities remained below 50%, according to data from Kastle Systems, the security firm that tracks office entries.
With a new year and fresh recession concerns come more return-to-office orders. Returning Disney CEO Bob Iger, for example, caused a stir this month with the announcement that employees will be expected in the office four days a week by March.
More corporate bosses could follow Iger’s lead with fresh RTO mandates, says Caitlin Duffy, director of research at Gartner. But she doesn’t expect them to stick.
“Onsite work requirements are being reintroduced, but…
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