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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge

Enforced return to office leads workers to seek new jobs

A woman offer advice to another woman in an office.
An international study found that companies that do not offer hybrid working are becoming less competitive in the job market. Photograph: fizkes/Shutterstock

Recruiters have received a surge in job applications from disgruntled workers at companies that are removing employees’ flexibility over where they work after a flurry of return-to-office mandates were issued by large companies.

Two-thirds of recruiters have seen an increase in applicants looking for new jobs who are working at companies that are mandating five days a week in the office, according to a survey.

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