🥊 Major corporations face RTO backlash

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NEED TO KNOW

Remote work headlines:

• Hours after being sworn in as President, Trump signed an executive order requiring all federal employees to return to the office full-time. Enforcement is TBD, since many federal employees recently struck labor agreements that protect their workplace flexibility.

• JP Morgan disabled comments on their internal website after their policy calling for return-to-office caused employee backlash. Friendly reminder that if there was any data that could justify return-to-office for employees, executives would have shared it by now.

• WPP, the largest ad agency in the world, announced a 4-day office requirement and was immediately met with a 15,000-person petition. One senior employee said “I’ve yet to speak to a single colleague who is happy with the four-day RTO.”

• Remote work became the norm in DC — is that about to change?

• Balance of power in the workplace has shifted to management recently, which gives leaders a chance to “reset expectations,” sometimes in the form of office mandates.

• Workers are revolting against RTO mandates by phoning it in on Fridays.

• Former Tesla executive sues the company due to “bait-and-switch,” says Tesla lured him to the company with the promise of remote work and promptly required him to work from the office.

• Ongoing calls for return-to-office make it clear that trust is a primary factor.

• This CEO shares why he thinks RTO vs. remote work isn’t always a clear-cut decision for executives.

• An internal doc shows over 40 corporate Amazon locations where full RTO is delayed because they don’t have enough office space.

• Insights into long-term remote work impact on transportation, from a Georgia Tech professor.

STATS

46%

That’s the percentage of US employees who, according to the latest Pew Research Center data, would consider leaving their existing jobs if they were required to go back into the office five days per week.

Further: women (49%) are more likely than men (43%) to express that they would seek new employment. Similarly, younger workers and fully remote employees are also more likely to seek new employment, versus older workers or those who occasionally work in the office.

TRAVEL BUG

Remote work getaways

Maybe it’s because of the recent cold weather here in Texas, but the travel articles this week skew heavily toward warm weather locales:

• Top 21 US Cities for solo trips, led by Charleston, Honolulu, and Savannah.

• Marriott is opening four all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean.

• Trunk Bay in St. John was ranked the #1 beach in the world.

• Taiwan launched 6-month visa for digital nomads.

• Travel guide for St. Kitts, with insights from locals.

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