The RTO debate often focuses narrowly on employee productivity. ... However, the NBER study measured productivity in data-entry tasks for lower-class workers in Chennai, ...

Other outlets cited a study that examined the productivity of 10,000 workers at an Asian IT-services company.The central claim seems to be tailor-made for RTO advocates: The researchers estimated ...

Although a recent wave of RTO orders fueled predictions that 2025 would mark the end of remote agreements, Placer.ai data shows a drop in office foot traffic so far this year.

The study observed groups of data-entry workers in India working from home and from the office. People who worked from home saw their productivity fall by 18%, the researchers said.

But new data from University of Pittsburgh business administration professor Mark Ma suggests RTO policies tend to push out the most talented employees—and they are harder to replace than entry ...

Following analysis of public RTO data from 137 S&P 500 firms, the researchers concluded that RTO mandates had two similar traits: This just in! View ...

Yet some of the biggest household names are still boosting their RTO mandates. A prime example of this is Amazon. Earlier this month, CEO Andy Jassy said that the company was making a permanent switch ...

New Data Shows Tighter RTO Rules May Remedy Employees’ Bad Remote Work Habits. Uber is following Amazon and Starbucks in adopting stricter return-to-office policies.

Firms that have mandated RTO since July 2022 have experienced slower workforce growth than companies that allow flexible work, analysis from Revelio Labs shows.

Ground-level data suggests that return-to-office (RTO) policies have been effective at pushing sector visits higher nationwide. Office visits last month were 32.2% below March 2019 levels, which ...

Amazon’s new policy defies data that shows RTO mandates throttle recruitment and aren’t linked with increased productivity.