Stop blaming Gen Z for resisting RTO: 71% say they want a hybrid balance—and now they're quietly leading the office comeback

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Gen Z has been getting a lot of flak for their alleged workplace habits. Older generations assumed these newer entrants to the workforce don’t see the value of in-person exchanges—and that they’d be the loudest holdouts when return-to-office mandates landed.

Years of data prove them wrong.