Still Being Told to Return to the Office? Time to Build Your Own Way Out

GYB Team

Published on: 07/07/2025

It’s 2025—and somehow, despite years of adapting to remote work, some companies are still demanding their employees return to the office. The flexible work-life balance that so many people fought to protect during the pandemic is now being quietly taken away. CEOs are sending out memos. “Return to office” mandates are creeping back in. And people who’ve built routines around family, mental health, and freedom are now being asked to trade it all for long commutes and cubicle walls. Let’s be real: It’s not about collaboration. It’s not about culture. It’s about control.