A few days before the start of 2023, several large companies have announced measures so that their employees who work from home now have to go more and more days to the office.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of companies have allowed employees to work remotely. But almost three years later, they have begun to change course and, given fears of a recession in the coming monthshave started asking employees to spend more time in corporate.
A January report from LinkedIn shows that the number of job offers with remote work is declining. In March 2022, more than 20% of job postings advertised remote work; but as of November of last year that figure had fallen to 14%.
These are three of the companies that this year have issued similar announcements for their employees to go to the offices:
1.Walt Disney
It was one of the first companies to move quickly at the start of the pandemic to close its offices and theme parks. However, newly reinstated CEO Bob Iger told workers that starting in March he expects all employees are in the office four days a week, usually Monday through Thursday.
Previously, most Disney employees were required to report three days a week.
In an email, Iger highlighted face-to-face work as important for encourage the type of collaboration “shoulder to shoulder” which requires the creation of popular entertainment.
“As you have heard me say many times, creativity is the heart and soul of who we are and what we do at Disney,” he wrote.
“And in a creative business like ours, nothing can replace the ability to connectobserve, and create with peers that come from being physically together, nor the opportunity to grow professionally by learning from leaders and mentors,” he added.
2.Starbucks
Starbucks also announced to its employees that they had to report to the office at least three days a week by the end of January.
“Partners, it is time for us to return to the office, to do this mission-critical work face-to-face and in person,” Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said in a memo to employees.
“While we have built a connection and skills on screen, we have lost a true human connection. We need to rebuild that,” she added.
3.Snapchat
Snap, the parent company of the social media app Snapchat, will also summon employees to the office four days a weeksince February.
“What each of us may sacrifice in terms of our individual convenience, I believe we will reap in terms of our collective success,” Snap CEO Evan Spiegel wrote in a memo, according to the wire service.
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