Corporate America is preparing toย bring workers back into the officeย early next year, which is at odds with uncertainty over the emergence of the Omicron variant.ย ย
Companies such as Wells Fargo, American Express, and Google are expected to bring employees back into the office in January after plans to return after Labor Day in September were foiled due to the Delta variant.ย
Business leaders and employees are already butting heads over this next era of working, as many workers have grown to prefer the flexibilityย ofย choosingย their work environment.ย
However, employers believe with vaccines widely available and other aspects of life returning to some sense of normalcy, bringing workers back into the office is the next logical step.ย
โThereโs a reckoning coming on what the new normal is going to be and weโre reaching a point where weโre going to have to define itโif not in January, then soon,โ said Mark Royal, a senior director at consultancy Korn Ferry Advisory. โAnd itโs likely to require some adjustments on the part of both companies and individuals in terms of expectations.โย
Still, some companies areย remaining agile in their return-to-office approach. For instance, Apple recently delayedย its office return dateย for corporate employees to Februaryย 1. Google also revealed it would give employees a 30-day notice for when they are expected to come back into the workplace.ย ย ย
Others like Monday.com, which creates collaborative software, haveย postponed their return until September of 2022 to ensure employees have โenough time to make plans and adjust their lives.โย
