As workplaces grapple with the now annual post–Labor Day return-to-office debate, it may seem like companies have finally had enough with remote work. Come work in person or find a new job, bosses seem to be saying. No, really. They mean it this time.
But those attention-grabbing proclamations obscure what's happening in many workplaces. In fact, the largest companies have embraced hybrid work, according to the September Flex Report from remote work platform Scoop. The report finds 82% of Fortune 500 companies in the company's Flex Index—which has information on 293 of those companies—offer workplace flexibility, the most common arrangement by far being two to three days required in the office.
