Future Forum

Future Forum found that just 21% of both executives and non-executives wanted to return to in-person work, which suggests that at least some non-executives who are back at the office don't want to be there. Both executives and non-executives also reported that their work-life balance had deteriorated in the first quarter, although non-executives re... ported a decline in work-life balance at least five times greater than their bosses. Non-executives also reported worse scores when it came to work-related anxiety, which Future Forum called a "troubling double standard in who is feeling the pain of return-to-office policies." Companies that publicly committed to bring workers back to the office have struggled to actually get their employees commuting again. Goldman Sachs, which initially demanded that workers return to the office in February, found that only half its workers showed up on the first day of the office's reopening. JPMorgan is also letting half its employees work in hybrid or fully remote settings, despite CEO Jamie Dimon saying that work from home "doesn't work for people who want to hustle" last year.Read More