Will we ever go back to the office again full-time? It’s a question every office worker has contemplated off and on throughout the pandemic era—and many CEOs have vented their spleen about. No less a figure than Jamie Dimon said that remote work “doesn’t work,” while Elon Musk, who became and largely remained the world’s richest man during the pandemic, said it leads to workers who just “pretend” to do their jobs.
Over the past two years, property management and security firm Kastle Systems has emerged as the definitive source of data for how reluctant workers are to go back to their cubicles. Now Fortune is providing data from the security company, which tracks key card swipes nationwide. In June, the song largely remains the same and the glass has remained half-empty—or half-full, depending on your stance.
