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Article #1: Employers want workers in the office as Job Market Shifts

Employers are losing their patience with empty desks in the office. Companies have sent directives to employees in recent weeks, urging workers to follow existing hybrid schedules or to come into the office on additional days in 2023. In some cases, bosses have told those who fail to comply that they could face termination within weeks. Employees at some companies have challenged new directives in corporate all-hands sessions. Those pushing to remain at home say they find in-office work unproductive and commuting inefficient. Employers, meanwhile, say bringing workers back together is important because it helps with issues such as problem solving, training new hires and reinforcing corporate culture.

For much of the pandemic, companies took a fairly soft approach to policy enforcement, fearful that too rigid a stance on in-office work could harm morale or lead to turnover, executives and advisers said. Although companies set office policies, some managers largely allowed workers to ignore them, workers and human-resources executives say. The average office occupancy in 10 major U.S. cities remained below 50% for much of 2022, according to data from security firm Kastle Systems. Surveys have shown that most employees are willing to work in an office at least a few days a week, and many workers say they see benefits of being in an office. Some employers say enforcing the rules is a matter of fairness to the workers who have been complying. At Vanguard Group, based outside of Philadelphia, leaders sent a memo to employees in December saying many staffers hadnt been following the companys requirement to work in offices on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Uneven and inconsistent adoption has created inequities in how the model is applied and has made it difficult to realize the benefits of in-person learning, collaboration and connection, the company said, according to a memo viewed by the Journal.

In the days that followed, some Vanguard employees say they were told by their managers that if they didnt comply with the return-to-office policy, they would be terminated in the coming weeks and not receive severance. At a recent departmental all-hands meeting at Vanguard, a recording of which was shared with the Journal, one team leader told employees that the company was open to shifting its return-to-office policy, but that executives wanted to at least try working in a hybrid manner. The team leader said it wouldnt be fair to allow some employees to flout the rules. The manager acknowledged that some top performers wouldnt want to work in a hybrid environment. In a statement, a Vanguard spokeswoman said that the company had implemented a hybrid model to capture the benefits of flexibility with an in-person environment, and that the companys collaborative culture is critical for the experience of both clients and employees.

Others are asking employees to work full-time in an office. From the start of the pandemic, Paycom communicated that working from home would be a temporary solution while we prioritized everyones health and well-being, a spokesman said. We are excited to have our final few departments join their colleagues in office.

Several large New York banks, pushed to get employees back together. The result is that offices now look largely like they did before Covid-19, executives say. When hiring new employees, some companies are now explicit about on-site requirements. In initial interviews for roles at LifePro Financial Services Inc. in San Diego, candidates are told that the job is 100% in-office, said Heather Ulz, LifePros chief executive. The roughly 40-person company worked remotely early in the pandemic, although burnout increased and productivity slipped for some employees, Ms. Ulz said. She brought people back full time in the summer of 2020, even as some pushed for the continuation of remote work.