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- Sep 29, 2026
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- Jul 7, 2026
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Who Are Office Days Really For? (opens the original)
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👋 Happy Tuesday! Walk a Tuesday floor and the policy looks like it's working. Desks full, rooms booked, whiteboards covered, the attendance chart up and to the right. Every number in the quarterly review says the mandate is landing. Owl Labs' tenth annual State of Hybrid Work report has another name for that Tuesday: the billboard day.In this week’s edition: 👀 The Rise of the Billboard Day🗞️ Top Flexible Work News 🤝 Respect Beats Pay for Retention
Who Pays When Remote Work Ends? (opens the original)
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👋 Happy Tuesday! School lets out around 3pm, and most office days run until 5 or later. For a few years, remote and hybrid work closed that gap for millions of working parents. RTO mandates are now reopening it. This week, new analysis looks at who stepped back from paid work as flexibility disappeared, and why mothers of young children took the biggest hit.In this week’s edition: 👩👧 As RTO Rose, Mothers Left Work🗞️ Top Flexible Work News 🤖 Why AI Threatens Fully Remote JobsPlease forward to co
CEO: Don't Outsource Accountability to a Building (opens the original)
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👋 Happy Tuesday! Nik Froehlich founded Saritasa in 2005 and has run it through the shift to remote and back again. Writing for Forbes, he argues that the mandate wave is mostly leaders reaching for attendance when what they owe someone is a hard conversation about their work. This week, why leaders need to get over thinking seeing people at work means they’re…actually working.In this week’s edition: 🫣 What RTO Mandates Avoid🗞️ Top Flexible Work News 📋 What Gets You to 3.5xPlease forward to colle
Uber Is Squeezing Out Its Remote Workers (opens the original)
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👋 Happy Tuesday! Uber cut 3,300 jobs this week, its third round in 2026, and tightened its office mandate at the same time: three days a week, and remote employees have to move closer or move on. Dara Khosrowshahi calls it a simpler org chart. Uber’s remote workforce is heading toward 1%. This week, what happens when a return-to-office mandate does the layoff’s job for it.In this week’s edition: 🚗 What Uber’s Layoffs Also Cut🗞️ Top Flexible Work News 👑 Ego Wants the Office BackPlease forward to
Your Boss's RTO Mandate Won't Solve Loneliness (opens the original)
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👋 Happy Tuesday! Gavin Newsom defended his four-day office mandate for California state workers by pointing at loneliness. "People not feeling connected," he said. "I want people to come back to work. Re-engage." It's the most common justification for a mandate right now, and the research behind it is shakier than the memos suggest. This week, why the office rarely fixes what leaders hope it will.In this week’s edition: 🏢 You Can't Mandate Connection🗞️ Top Flexible Work News 🎙️ Designing for AI-
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