When Zoom tells its staff to start to return to the office, it’s time to sit up and listen.  This month, Zoom has announced that staff living within 50 miles of an office need to work onsite at least twice a week, save for those employed in roles which were already fully remote before the pandemic (such as customer support and sales). This shift is designed to improve team interaction and it constitutes a major U-turn for Zoom. It had previously announced that its staff would be able to continue to work remotely indefinitely. A year ago, only 1% of its staff had a regular office presence, 75% worked remotely and the remaining 24% had hybrid office and remote working arrangements. Across our clientbase, we are seeing a concerted trend towards employers bringing employees back into the office and many for a higher number of days per week. This is in line with what we are seeing in the press. Amazon has told many of its staff that they have to work from the office for at least three days a week, in order to achieve better opportunities for collaboration, better connection with team members and improved learning.  Disney has returned its staff to the office for four days a week, from Monday to Thursday, to increase in-person collaboration and creativity.  Tesla and X (formerly known as Twitter) have their staff working in the office full-time wherever they have access to one, to improve productivity. The reasons given for bringing people back into the office highlight employer concerns about 100% homeworking arrangements. Statistically, employees in the UK and in the US have been trying to hold onto the ability to work from home to some degree where they can but they are finding it increasingly hard.  By July 2023, only 12% of our workers were fully remote and 29% worked under hybrid arrangements, whilst the 59% majority were fully back in the workplace.