Do you think the RTO push is going to continue into this year? What's the trend you're seeing within your agency? Last year, management was really trying to push RTO, but with a whole lot of us pushing back and proving that our productivity is better with a hybrid model, we've settled at 2 days in the office - and it's working out perfectly for us. Hope it stays the same!

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I think hybrid work will continue indefinitely but there may be instances of agencies enforcing in-office attendance more strictly, perhaps as a way to force resignations / firings on those not willing to comply.

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Omnivore is pushing its new unsullied offerings back into the office.

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I think the RTO push will stick around, but more as hybrid than full‑time in‑office for a lot of agencies. Once teams prove they can deliver in a 2‑ or 3‑day hybrid setup, it’s hard for leadership to justify yanking that away without a clear business reason. Fingers crossed your current balance survives the year.

OMC’s aggressively mandating/monitoring 3 days in the office. At corporate level RTO is 5 days. We’re anticipating an increase to 4 days at some point, and eventually 5. They’re not interested in well-being, long commutes, lack of space/desks etc, nor whether hybrid is better for productivity, sadly. I guess everyone sucks it up or endeavours to find alternative employment.

at the NYC office they are converting conferences to desks. Theres so many desks and screens that it looks like a call center

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