Over the past few weeks, there has been another wave of workers returning from remote work to the office. Companies X (Twitter), Amazon, Google and other tech giants are massively introducing bans on full remote work and forcing employees to go to the office under threat of dismissal.
What happened
Employers believe that personal interaction increases work efficiency and motivates employees more strongly, helps to form closer team relationships. And this is not an empty phrase or the thoughts of authoritarian leaders – recent studies show that employees are less productive when working remotely and tend to get distracted from work.
How are things with remote work among high-tech leaders
It is clear that leading IT companies set trends for employers around the world. So let’s see what awaits us in the near future in the labor market.
Amazon management plans to fully return all employees to the office for a five-day work week in two and a half months, at the beginning of January 2025. The company was one of the first to cancel full remote work after the lifting of COVID restrictions and obliged all teams to come to the office at least three times a week. But now the company’s employees will not be left even with this.
Meanwhile, Google still retains the right to work remotely, but only for the most effective employees. The number of remote days depends entirely on the productivity of a person in his position.
Apple shows somewhat greater loyalty to its employees and allows them, regardless of merit, to work from home 2 days a week. But they are still required to show up in the office for most of the week. Tim Cook did not maintain full distance, even though most employees were against it and signed a common petition against changes in the work format.
Disney also did not support its employees in matters of hybrid and left only 1 day of remote work per week. All employees must come to the office 4 days out of 5, despite all the discontent, objections and a signed petition.
