Starbucks have announced a significant change in their workplace policy, demanding corporate employees working from the office at least four days a week from 2025. October This is an increase in the previous three -day requirement and is part of a broader strategy of the company’s turnover. The new policy also obliges that all corporate “people’s executives” have to move to Seattle or Toronto within 12 months, which can affect hundreds of employees. If you do not want to move, a voluntary output package with cash will be offered.
CEO Brian Niccol emphasized the importance of personal cooperation, saying, “We are restoring our office culture because we are doing the best work when we are together. We share ideas more efficiently, solve difficult problems and move much faster.” The company’s decision reflects the increasing tendency of the big employers to return the privileges of remote work during pandemic.
Starbucks are far from one. In the last two years, a wave of major corporations has issued similar return (RTO) powers by signaling the decisive transition from remote pandemic era remote work. Here’s how some of the world’s largest companies replied:
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Amazon: 2024. At the end of the 19th century, it was announced that all employees would have to return to the office five days a week in the New Year, after the end of hybrid and remote agreements. The company mentioned the improved cooperation and culture as the main reasons.
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Apple: From 2022 Apple demanded that employees be in the office at least three days a week, and CEO Tim Cook emphasizes the value of the team’s work.
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Walmart: 2024. May Walmart demanded that remote workers move to central centers, including its Arkanz headquarters, or risk losing their job. Hybrid schedules are still allowed, but most of the work must be personally.
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Dell: 2025 January Dell interrupted remote work for most employees, obliging five days a week in the office living near the company.
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Disney: 2023 January CEO Bob Iger ordered four -day Office Workweek hybrid staff, starting from 2023. March, changing the previous flexible policy.
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Jpmorgan Chase: Leadership directors from 2023 Must work personally five days a week, while other employees have been given broader office powers. The company is reportedly considering the possibility of extending a five -day claim for all employees.
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Goldman Sachs: From 2022 Pushed a complete return to the office.
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Citigroup: 2025 Citigroup asked US employees who were previously remote to return to the office full -time, although some hybrid flexibility remains.