Four Years On
Four years after the pandemic forced a global shift to remote work, comprehensive workplace data from 52 countries shows that 61% of knowledge workers remain in hybrid or fully remote arrangements — a figure that has barely changed since 2023 despite aggressive return-to-office campaigns by some of the world's largest companies.
Who Is Winning the RTO Battle
Among companies that mandated five-day office attendance, the data tells a cautionary story: voluntary turnover spiked by an average of 35% in the six months following the mandate, with the highest performers disproportionately among those who left.
- Amazon, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan all reported higher-than-sector-average attrition after full RTO mandates.
- Companies maintaining hybrid policies reported 28% lower attrition than full-RTO peers.
- Tech sector remote work prevalence: 71% hybrid or remote.
"The companies winning the talent war in 2025 are not the ones with the most expensive office buildings. They are the ones with the most intentional flexibility," said the report's lead author.
