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# Employees opting out of return-to-office mandates
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/employees-opting-out-of-return-to-office-mandates/
- Published: 2024-05-15T20:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-05-15T20:00:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

Scharon Harding wriring for ArsTechnica: [Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft Return-to-Office Mandates Drove Senior Talent Away](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/05/rto-mandates-led-to-pronounced-exodus-of-senior-workers-at-top-tech-firms/?ref=birchtree.me)

> A study analyzing Apple, Microsoft, and SpaceX suggests that return to office (RTO) mandates can lead to a higher rate of employees, especially senior-level ones, leaving the company, often to work at competitors.

I think there are some benefits to being in the office at least sometimes, but a mandated return to office plan would have me personally looking for a new job instantly.