Despite more return to office mandates, hybrid and remote aren’t dying [Video]

Amazon isn’t the only major company cracking down on remote work — the tech giant joins other companies, including Citigroup, Walmart and UPS, in requiring workers to spend more time in offices in recent months.

Even so, the share of people working remotely and hybrid has ticked up in the last year, while those working from an office full-time declined, according to a new report.

Some 27% of workers say they work in a hybrid arrangement, up from 26% in 2023, according to a survey of 2,000 knowledge workers from Owl Labs, the video-conferencing technology maker.

Another 11% say they work fully remotely, up from 7% in the last year, according to the report.

The remaining 62% say they work from a physical office five days a week, down from 66% this time last year.

It’s “a surprise” to see remote and hybrid work increase slightly in what’s shaping up to be “the year of the mandate,” says Frank Weishaupt, CEO of Owl Labs.

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