How Work Style Has Changed in the Return-to-Office Era

Jun 04, 2025
In April, Google made a startling announcement to staff: Come back to the office or lose your job. It echoed similar mandates put forth by Amazon last year, by JP Morgan in March, and by Uber last month. After years of various fits and starts, employers are getting serious—like, really serious this time—about calling employees back to the workplace. And while a wide swath of companies have required some version of post-COVID office attendance for some time now, there seems to be real momentum building for a proper “return to office” happening, with deadlines looming in the fall. Read more at GQ.