Starbucks CorporationSBUX has asked its corporate employees to be in the office at least three days a week.
“Effective Jan. 30, Starbucks employees within commuting distance would be required to come in to work on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and a third day of the week that the immediate leader and team would mutually decide. They would be free to work from anywhere the remaining two days.”
The latest move applies to region-based support partners within commuting distance of a regional office.
The policy change also applies to region-based support partners within commuting distance of a regional office. For regional staff, the third day would be when all partners were in the office together, Reuters reported quoting the coffee chain giant.
The report added that Starbucks said the thrice-a-week policy to come into work was a requirement for all support employees after several failed to meet the previous “minimum promise” of one day a week in the office.
Starbucks isn’t the only company that has recently mandated a stricter return-to-office policy. Snap IncSNAP and Uber Technologies IncUBER. Earlier, Walt Disney CoDIS CEO Bob Iger had asked employees to return to the office.
Similarly, Elon Musk—the new Twitter CEO, told employees that remote work would not be allowed further.
