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How two people leaders designed their post-RTO workplace

The RTO debate may be over, but discussions about the post-RTO office continue into 2026.


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World of HR: Workers in Europe like working remotely—but not enough to take a pay cut

Parents and people with long commutes are more likely to take a pay cut to work remotely, study finds.


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Office attendance returns to pre-pandemic levels in some cities

Just when you thought the RTO debate was over…


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Giving employees a choice when to be in the office

“When you give employees optionality to opt into something, it drives greater engagement and buy in. When you force people to do something, it actually creates more discontent,” MongoDB’s chief people officer Harsha Jalihal tells HR Brew.


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Why Prudential Financial lets its employees work from anywhere for four weeks each year

Prudential’s VP of culture and inclusion, Nya Patel tells HR Brew that the company’s Work from Anywhere program gives employees more flexibility.


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RTO mandates are not leading to more collaboration, connectivity, or innovation

“We can’t just bring people back to the office, and changing nothing else, assume that all of a sudden we get collaboration, or all of a sudden we get connectivity,” a McKinsey partner tells HR Brew.


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RTO roadblocks continue plaguing companies. Workplace experts share what they can do better.

Lacking space and employee resistance continue to halt many return-to-office plans.

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