Meta, Amazon, and Dell all recently pushed more workers to go back to the office five days a week. But data shows remote workers get a lot done.

As the job market slows, it's becoming increasingly common for companies to announce return-to-office mandates — in some cases, as a way to get people to quit.

It's hard to know for sure, but it likely has to do with different expectations for how men and women balance their family life and careers.

According to commercial real estate brokerage CBRE, office leasing activity had been up 23% year over year in the last months of 2024. But fears about the economy could impact companies’ plans.

The troubled office space market is showing signs of life as firms seek flexible short-term spaces for their employees’ return to work.

The bargaining power that workers had a couple of years ago is not nearly as strong today.

In desirable districts, the space glut is over. Many companies see their business, and need for working quarters, expanding in the near future.

KPMG’s latest U.S. CEO Outlook survey finds that more than 70% of corporate executives feel AI “will not dramatically change their workforce.”

During the pandemic era, the lingo reflected workers’ leverage. Now the dynamic has shifted, and how we talk about work has too.

Jobs in this kind of work — the work that makes offices and buildings run, makes them nice — grew about 2.6% last year. It’s growth but it’s not huge growth.