AT&T is dumping hybrid work as it follows Amazon in demanding employees spend 5 days a week in office

John Stankey pictured in 2016 (Credit: John Lamparski - Getty Images for Advertising Week New York)

• American telecom giant AT&T is asking all of its staff to work in the office five days a week, after 18,000 managers returned last year. It follows a similar move from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.

The slow march of the return to office has taken another step forward, with telecom giant AT&T informing staff they must be back at their desks five days a week starting in January.