We’re nearly six years past the pandemic, but the remote work debate rages on.
Many large companies like Amazon, Walmart, JPMorgan, and Uber have mandated five days a week in the office, and others including Google, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft are back to three or four in-person days. But workers are still rebelling against return-to-office policies by coming in late, leaving early, “coffee badging,” and stealing snacks. Some even work from home when they’re supposed to be at the office, a trend coined “hushed hybrid” and something managers are too burned-out to enforce.
