Leaders are perhaps experiencing more resistance than they had anticipated.
Amazon is perhaps the most documented example of how ugly the RTO battle can get: Around 30,000 employees signed a petition protesting the company’s in-office mandate, and more than 1,800 pledged to walk out from their jobs to take a stand.
The tech giant is still complaining that workers are dodging the three-day in-office mandate, over a year after it was announced.
The office is now full of unhappy underperforming employees and firms are looking for people to replace the talent that bailed when the RTO became mandatory. All of the top people I know are remote except a couple who need the structure to perform at that level. Everyone else won’t be coming back so good luck with all that.