Remote work is harder to come by as companies push for return to office
Three and a half years after the start of the pandemic, employers are getting serious about increasing the amount of time workers spend in the office and trying new strategies to overcome resistance.
by Andrea Hsu
Sep 01, 2023
4 minutes
Back in 2020, when schools were still virtual and city dwellers were living their lives in masks, Jamie Dimon emerged as one of the earliest critics of remote work.
"There's a huge value to working together in terms of collaboration and creativity and training the younger people," the CEO of JPMorgan Chase told MSNBC in August that year.
Three years later, Dimon's message is unchanged. The difference now is that the sentiment has gone mainstream.
Today, even Zoom's leadership is extolling the benefits of in-person work.
"What we've found is, people have enjoyed coming back to the office," says Zoom's Chief People Officer Matthew Saxon. "There is a buzz. There's something about being able to
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