Remote work is officially dead: 3 days in the office is the new norm, says CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter—except for ‘very special’ talent

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As Instagram employees join the millions of workers who were slapped with a return-to-office mandate in 2025, remote work is fast becoming a status symbol.

Sander van ’t Noordende, the global CEO of Randstad, which places around half a million workers in jobs every week, says the great return-to-office war is effectively over—and a new pecking order has emerged.