Five years from lockdown, return-to-office mandates are gaining momentum—led by top-grossing U.S. companies that are reshaping workplace expectations.
Savills Research analyzed the return-to-office policies of the top 200 Fortune 500 companies to gain insight into 2025 workplace strategies. While hybrid policies remain the most prevalent, in-office mandates are seeing increased adoption.
Return-to-office policies among top 200 Fortune 500 companies:
- Over half of companies follow a fixed hybrid schedule, 24.0% have an office-first model, 17.1% have a flexible hybrid model and only 2.5% have a remote-first model.
- The remote-first model is limited to only three industries and applies to only 5.9% of the technology companies analyzed—once the leading adopters of remote work.
- While many firms require a set number of anchor days per week company-wide, others specify a range of days based on factors such as role, seniority, location, task type and manager discretion.
- Some companies among the top 200 are announcing consequences for noncompliance with return-to-office mandates—ranging from formal warnings to termination.
Read our latest Savills Research analysis for deeper insights into the evolving return-to-office landscape.
