{"id":9148,"date":"2023-05-12T22:48:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T06:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmcre.freewebsite.org.in\/wp1\/?p=9148"},"modified":"2023-05-22T01:44:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T09:44:43","slug":"biggest-tech-companies-walk-back-remote-work-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bmcre.freewebsite.org.in\/wp1\/2023\/05\/12\/biggest-tech-companies-walk-back-remote-work-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Tech Companies Walk Back Remote-Work Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9148\" class=\"elementor elementor-9148\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d92f7f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"1d92f7f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-462e0e9c\" data-id=\"462e0e9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-139dbe2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"139dbe2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Twitter and Snap, Once at Forefront of Flexible Office Policies, Have Told Workers To Return to Office<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b1164e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"5b1164e7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ba8b9b9\" data-id=\"6ba8b9b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-505bbbc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"505bbbc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1575\" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/bmcre.freewebsite.org.in\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Picture-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bmcre.freewebsite.org.in\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Picture-6.jpg 1575w, https:\/\/bmcre.freewebsite.org.in\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Picture-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bmcre.freewebsite.org.in\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Picture-6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bmcre.freewebsite.org.in\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Picture-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bmcre.freewebsite.org.in\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Picture-6-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bmcre.freewebsite.org.in\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Picture-6-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1575px) 100vw, 1575px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, called its workers back to the office in a move to help \"accelerate our growth.\" (Getty Images)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-588f17ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"588f17ca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-595d47e4\" data-id=\"595d47e4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e3bbf32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e3bbf32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>By\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Katie Burke,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>CoStar News\u00a0<\/strong>December 26, 2022 | 6:50 P.M.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e6b9cd3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"5e6b9cd3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-576ac2e7\" data-id=\"576ac2e7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5711aae8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5711aae8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tech companies, which led corporate America with their shift to remote work at the pandemic&#8217;s start, are pulling back on those flexible work models in a potential sign that office mandates could be a more frequent fixture in the year ahead.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As employers become increasingly frustrated with the disconnectedness that often comes with a dispersed workforce, companies including Snapchat parent Snap Inc. and Twitter are leveraging a cloudy economic outlook in a bid to get employees back to the office. A growing number of global tech firms are reversing course on remote and hybrid work policies as the labor market for companies including Meta, Google, Alphabet and Amazon becomes increasingly challenged. Many tech companies have frozen hiring or cut jobs in the face of a sudden slowdown after the pandemic growth spurt.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decision to claw back certain flexible work policies appears to mark a turning point in the pandemic shift to operating remotely. What&#8217;s more, brokers say it could signal an imminent spike in office use among tech businesses, many of which have been among the commercial real estate market&#8217;s most powerful economic drivers.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tech companies were some of the country&#8217;s greatest sources of leasing and acquisition activity prior to the pandemic, scooping up hundreds of thousands of square feet to accommodate headcount growth over the years among workforces that largely commuted to an office every workday. These global tech firms accounted for more than a third of the nation\u2019s largest 15 office leases in 2019, according to CoStar data. Deals made by Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta and others collectively totaled more than 5 million square feet at the time.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the end of 2020, the tech industry accounted for about one-fifth of the country&#8217;s total office leasing activity, according to data from real estate brokerage CBRE, as some of the largest companies \u2014 including social media company Facebook&#8217;s parent Meta, iPhone maker Apple and software provider Microsoft \u2014 invested in the idea that offices would play a critical role in the future of work.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be clear, remote and hybrid work policies have been embedded in the work culture that emerged from the depths of the pandemic. Even Salesforce, which recently called some of its employees back to the office, has acknowledged the permanence of flexible work in its future working environment.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo I do think that we&#8217;re going to have a rebalancing,&#8221; Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff told analysts on the company&#8217;s earnings call in late November, adding that, even at Salesforce, the company has employees who are required to be in the office. There are &#8220;folks required to be here, whether they are doing core work, or even new folks who don&#8217;t have the tribal knowledge yet or need the mentorship or folks coming in from college who benefit from being in the office. But we&#8217;re never going back to how it was. We all know that.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3813422 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"3813422\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5cb9192\" data-id=\"5cb9192\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fc603a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fc603a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some global tech companies who have decided to bring employees back to the office, either for a full or partial workweek.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27b847b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"27b847b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-86718ac\" data-id=\"86718ac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c2c660 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c2c660\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Snap Inc.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2af0f82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2af0f82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Snap Inc. signed a number of office leases throughout the pandemic to accommodate its growth, including expanding its headquarters in the Santa Monica Business Park in the Los Angeles area in 2021. (CoStar)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Headquarters:<\/strong>\u00a0Santa Monica, California<br \/><strong>Number of employees:<\/strong>\u00a0About 5,100 globally<br \/><strong>Return-to-office policy:\u00a0<\/strong>The corporate parent of Snapchat told employees in a memo last month that the social media company would phase out its predominantly remote work policy starting in February, with workers required to be in the office at least 80% of the time. The new mandate was issued as Snap grapples with increased competition, mounting economic uncertainty and declining advertising revenue.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3486ed2\" data-id=\"3486ed2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecf5f1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ecf5f1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bmcre.freewebsite.org.in\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Picture-7-2-scaled.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cbeaaf8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"cbeaaf8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-98847c0\" data-id=\"98847c0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e548cf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e548cf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bmcre.freewebsite.org.in\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Picture-8-scaled-q6e5y4w0hd1xhlut8mx5z49b8y2sbuihmi3bs87qdm.jpg\" title=\"Picture 8\" alt=\"Picture 8\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3cab95\" data-id=\"b3cab95\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96789c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96789c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Twitter<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9a9981 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9a9981\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter reversed its indefinite remote work policy after billionaire Elon Musk acquired the company for $44 billion. (CoStar)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Headquarters:<\/strong>\u00a0San Francisco<br \/><strong>Number of employees:<\/strong>\u00a0An estimated 2,300, down from the roughly 7,500 workers the company employed prior to billionaire Elon Musk&#8217;s $44 billion acquisition<br \/><strong>Return-to-office policy:\u00a0<\/strong>While Twitter formally adopted a remote work policy in May 2021, Musk retracted it in November, telling the company&#8217;s remaining employees they would be required to be in an office five days a week. The new CEO&#8217;s first email to employees last month mandated that workers put in at least 40 hours a week, all of which would have to be fulfilled in a physical workspace.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a7a337 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"9a7a337\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-536ca14\" data-id=\"536ca14\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d17de4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d17de4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bmcre.freewebsite.org.in\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Picture-9-q6e6d78w0rodklz09ncwftea09tkp7bm12ihovvkne.jpg\" title=\"Picture 9\" alt=\"Picture 9\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c671d12\" data-id=\"c671d12\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebe5ad9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebe5ad9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Apple<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-154bd8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"154bd8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apple&#8217;s headquarters are in Cupertino, California. (Getty Images)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Headquarters:<\/strong>\u00a0Cupertino, California<br \/><strong>Number of employees:<\/strong>\u00a0More than 37,000 in the United States<br \/><strong>Return-to-office policy:\u00a0<\/strong>The Silicon Valley tech giant told employees to prepare to return to the office for three days a week after the long Labor Day weekend. Workers are required to head to an office on Tuesdays and Thursdays for mandatory in-person days, with a third day to be determined by individual departments. CEO Tim Cook previously said the company&#8217;s return-to-office initiative was &#8220;the mother of all experiments.&#8221; The iPhone maker has received blowback from some employees, who argue the blanket return mandate doesn&#8217;t take into account individual workers&#8217; situations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4499a0a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"4499a0a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c42098b\" data-id=\"c42098b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5c29b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b5c29b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Credit Karma<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c9e7a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c9e7a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credit Karma&#8217;s new Oakland, California, headquarters includes a stocked gourmet kitchen and coffee bar. (ASD|SKY)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Headquarters:\u00a0<\/strong>Oakland, California<br \/><strong>Number of employees:\u00a0<\/strong>About 1,300 across the country<br \/><strong>Return-to-office policy:\u00a0<\/strong>The Bay Area financial technology firm has been trying for the better part of the past year to get employees into its offices. The company, which relocated its headquarters to Oakland from San Francisco in 2021, recently told workers they would need to be in an office at least a few days a week on a schedule to be determined by individual teams. To make the space more attractive, Credit Karma stocked its new Oakland headquarters with perks such as a game room, coffee bar and rooftop lounge as well as events including sipping kombucha by the fire pit.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f41787b\" data-id=\"f41787b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-936c02c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"936c02c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bmcre.freewebsite.org.in\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Picture-10-q6e6dby2yxut6ns6i7e1aa7kz76erou9pprx39olsa.jpg\" title=\"Picture 10\" alt=\"Picture 10\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c279aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"1c279aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7d835e\" data-id=\"e7d835e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ab3cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62ab3cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Salesforce<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ba70f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ba70f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salesforce has put significant chunks of office space up for sublease as a result of its hybrid work policy. (CoStar)<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Headquarters:<\/strong>\u00a0San Francisco<br \/><strong>Number of employees:<\/strong>\u00a0More than 70,000 globally<br \/><strong>Return-to-office:\u00a0<\/strong>While San Francisco&#8217;s largest employer and office real estate occupant still operates on a hybrid policy, slowing sales growth prompted it to tell some workers in November that they&#8217;d be required to return to physical workspaces. Some sales employees were told they would have to work in an office on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at the beginning of December. The company&#8217;s remaining workforce is allowed to work remotely for as many as four days a week as part of its &#8220;work from anywhere policy,&#8221; which Salesforce adopted in 2021.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebb331a\" data-id=\"ebb331a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac3f62f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac3f62f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bmcre.freewebsite.org.in\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Picture-11-scaled-q6e6dyi7iypoxaveuh52y4in8g37wfbtstfklwr5my.jpg\" title=\"Picture 11\" alt=\"Picture 11\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter and Snap, Once at Forefront of Flexible Office Policies, Have Told Workers To Return to Office Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, called its workers back to the office in a move to help &#8220;accelerate our growth.&#8221; (Getty Images) By\u00a0Katie Burke,\u00a0CoStar News\u00a0December 26, 2022 | 6:50 P.M. Tech companies, which led corporate America with their shift to remote work at the pandemic&#8217;s start, are pulling back on those flexible work models in a potential sign that office mandates could be a more frequent fixture in the year ahead. As employers become increasingly frustrated with the disconnectedness that often comes with a dispersed workforce, companies including Snapchat parent Snap Inc. and Twitter are leveraging a cloudy economic outlook in a bid to get employees back to the office. A growing number of global tech firms are reversing course on remote and hybrid work policies as the labor market for companies including Meta, Google, Alphabet and Amazon becomes increasingly challenged. Many tech companies have frozen hiring or cut jobs in the face of a sudden slowdown after the pandemic growth spurt. The decision to claw back certain flexible work policies appears to mark a turning point in the pandemic shift to operating remotely. What&#8217;s more, brokers say it could signal an imminent spike in office use among tech businesses, many of which have been among the commercial real estate market&#8217;s most powerful economic drivers. Tech companies were some of the country&#8217;s greatest sources of leasing and acquisition activity prior to the pandemic, scooping up hundreds of thousands of square feet to accommodate headcount growth over the years among workforces that largely commuted to an office every workday. These global tech firms accounted for more than a third of the nation\u2019s largest 15 office leases in 2019, according to CoStar data. Deals made by Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta and others collectively totaled more than 5 million square feet at the time. By the end of 2020, the tech industry accounted for about one-fifth of the country&#8217;s total office leasing activity, according to data from real estate brokerage CBRE, as some of the largest companies \u2014 including social media company Facebook&#8217;s parent Meta, iPhone maker Apple and software provider Microsoft \u2014 invested in the idea that offices would play a critical role in the future of work. To be clear, remote and hybrid work policies have been embedded in the work culture that emerged from the depths of the pandemic. Even Salesforce, which recently called some of its employees back to the office, has acknowledged the permanence of flexible work in its future working environment. \u201cSo I do think that we&#8217;re going to have a rebalancing,&#8221; Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff told analysts on the company&#8217;s earnings call in late November, adding that, even at Salesforce, the company has employees who are required to be in the office. There are &#8220;folks required to be here, whether they are doing core work, or even new folks who don&#8217;t have the tribal knowledge yet or need the mentorship or folks coming in from college who benefit from being in the office. But we&#8217;re never going back to how it was. We all know that.&#8221; Here are some global tech companies who have decided to bring employees back to the office, either for a full or partial workweek. Snap Inc. Snap Inc. signed a number of office leases throughout the pandemic to accommodate its growth, including expanding its headquarters in the Santa Monica Business Park in the Los Angeles area in 2021. (CoStar) Headquarters:\u00a0Santa Monica, CaliforniaNumber of employees:\u00a0About 5,100 globallyReturn-to-office policy:\u00a0The corporate parent of Snapchat told employees in a memo last month that the social media company would phase out its predominantly remote work policy starting in February, with workers required to be in the office at least 80% of the time. The new mandate was issued as Snap grapples with increased competition, mounting economic uncertainty and declining advertising revenue. Twitter Twitter reversed its indefinite remote work policy after billionaire Elon Musk acquired the company for $44 billion. (CoStar) Headquarters:\u00a0San FranciscoNumber of employees:\u00a0An estimated 2,300, down from the roughly 7,500 workers the company employed prior to billionaire Elon Musk&#8217;s $44 billion acquisitionReturn-to-office policy:\u00a0While Twitter formally adopted a remote work policy in May 2021, Musk retracted it in November, telling the company&#8217;s remaining employees they would be required to be in an office five days a week. The new CEO&#8217;s first email to employees last month mandated that workers put in at least 40 hours a week, all of which would have to be fulfilled in a physical workspace. Apple Apple&#8217;s headquarters are in Cupertino, California. (Getty Images) Headquarters:\u00a0Cupertino, CaliforniaNumber of employees:\u00a0More than 37,000 in the United StatesReturn-to-office policy:\u00a0The Silicon Valley tech giant told employees to prepare to return to the office for three days a week after the long Labor Day weekend. Workers are required to head to an office on Tuesdays and Thursdays for mandatory in-person days, with a third day to be determined by individual departments. CEO Tim Cook previously said the company&#8217;s return-to-office initiative was &#8220;the mother of all experiments.&#8221; The iPhone maker has received blowback from some employees, who argue the blanket return mandate doesn&#8217;t take into account individual workers&#8217; situations. Credit Karma Credit Karma&#8217;s new Oakland, California, headquarters includes a stocked gourmet kitchen and coffee bar. (ASD|SKY) Headquarters:\u00a0Oakland, CaliforniaNumber of employees:\u00a0About 1,300 across the countryReturn-to-office policy:\u00a0The Bay Area financial technology firm has been trying for the better part of the past year to get employees into its offices. The company, which relocated its headquarters to Oakland from San Francisco in 2021, recently told workers they would need to be in an office at least a few days a week on a schedule to be determined by individual teams. To make the space more attractive, Credit Karma stocked its new Oakland headquarters with perks such as a game room, coffee bar and rooftop lounge as well as events including sipping kombucha by the fire pit. 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