New Data Shows Employers and Employees Meet in the Middle On In-Office Mandates

Flex Index data finds that both Full-Time In-Office and Full-Time Remote policies are ceding ground to Structured Hybrid, especially among companies with 50,000+ employees

Today, Scoop, the company enabling employees to plan great in-office days effortlessly, releases The Flex Report — Q2 2023. Citing data from the Flex Index* — the world’s most robust source on company in-office requirements — the Q2 report shows significant change since February’s inaugural Flex Report, covering workplace flexibility trends across more than 4,000 companies. Thousands of companies have amended or edited policies, showing a big jump in a single quarter to Structured Hybrid as the preferred workplace model.

Since the end of COVID restrictions, there has been a very public push and pull around in-office versus remote work. Since the beginning of the year, employers have moved from being Fully Flexible (companies that give employees a choice over whether they come into an office) to more structured policies — the most popular being Structured Hybrid. No stranger to controversy, JP Morgan Chase’s (NYSE: JPM) Jamie Dimon made headlines with his call to bring his leadership back 5 days a week but has settled on 3 days for employees. That compromise is in-line with trends observed in the Flex Report.

“It seems like the employers who are hellbent on being in the office full time are struggling to retain and attract talent, especially when they don’t take into consideration what their employees want,” said Rob Sadow, CEO of Scoop and creator of the Flex Index. “As employees become more vocal about their preferences, employers are increasingly leaning toward a Structured Hybrid workplace model. They’re starting to create a truce — one where both parties get some of what they want.”

Key Findings and Considerations From The Flex Q2 Report

This trend is most significant among companies with 50,000 or more employees, 66 percent of which choose Structured Hybrid, compared to just 14 percent of companies with less than 500 people. As noted by Nick Bloom, Stanford Economics Professor and co-founder of WFH Research, “Mentoring is easier in person. It is possible to mentor remotely, but it takes deliberate effort. This is one of the key reasons for hybrid. Office days for mentoring, innovation, and building culture. Home days for quiet, deep work and no commute.”

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