The list of major companies requiring employees to return to the office, from Starbucks to Amazon

Amazon , JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs have mandated employees return to the office five days a week.

CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a September 16 memo that Amazon would be pulling the plug on remote work starting next year .

Some Amazon employees have taken to an internal Slack channel to criticize the new RTO policy, with some even filing a petition against the change.

In March 2022 , Google employees in the San Francisco Bay Area and "several other US locations" were told to return to the office for at least three days a week starting the following month .

IBM has made its feelings on in-person work strictly clear — telling managers to either come into offices or get out.

In April 2023 , JPMorgan announced to employees in a memo that all managing directors must work in the office.

Redfin announced an updated return-to-office policy in April last year .

Snap implemented a new mandate in September 2023 , requiring employees to work in an office at least four days a week.

In September , Starbucks employees signed an open letter protesting the company's return-to-office mandate.

In June 2022 , Tesla CEO Elon Musk told employees that not showing up to an office was the same as a resignation.