‘Entirely unsurprising': Issues with return-to-office mandates coming to light

Late last year we saw a huge increase in companies issuing strict return-to-office mandates, with many requiring staff to be in the office five days a week starting in 2025.
Among the businesses that have issued these types of orders are Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, Tabcorp, AT&T and Dell.
Now, a few months on from many of these mandates being in force, it seems things may not be going as smoothly as decision makers would have hoped.
In the case of technology giant Dell, a new report from Business Insider has suggested the company is dealing with significant issues in the return-to-office rollout.
In March 2025, Dell began requiring all employees who live within an hour from an office to return to in-person work five days a week.
An internal memo stated all employees that met this criteria would be expected to do a 'regular working day in the office', though there would be 'flexibility as needed'.
It has been over three months since staff were ordered back to the office, with 10 Dell employees painting a very varied picture of how things are panning out.
Business Insider reported the degree of enforcement very much varies between managers, with some employees saying they were in eight hours a day, while others seemingly coming into the office to show their face and leaving soon after.
One employee, a program manager, said the lack of blanket enforcement was causing 'lots of in-office politics', with this 'haphazard' nature leading to friction among employees.
'So much of this is dependent on leaders,' they said.
A recent internal FAQ obtained by the publication laid out examples of when employees may be approved to work from home, such as a temporary medical condition, needing to provide temporary care, or adjusting in-office hours to avoid peak traffic.
However, of the five employees who claimed they sometimes work from home, none said it was due to any of the reasons listed above.
'I personally have not been adhering to eight hours a day,' one employee said, claiming they were aware they may be breaking the rules but have not yet been corrected.
Another said that, while their team was in the office full time, they usually only work about half the day in person before finishing the rest of their shift at home.
One staff member claimed they had intentionally been coming in less as the new policy made them feel like they were being 'treated like a child'.
Speaking to news.com.au, Rebecca Moulynox, ANZ General Manager of Great Place To Work, said the issues we are seeing arise from widespread return-to-office mandates were 'absolutely predictable'.
'Our data couldn't be clearer – when employers mandate work location, whether remote, hybrid, or onsite, productivity drops, retention plummets, and relationships with managers deteriorate,' she said.
'We found that employees who can choose where they work are three times more likely to want to stay with their company.
'When companies ignore this data and impose mandates anyway, the outcomes we're seeing at Dell and elsewhere are entirely unsurprising.'
Dell is far from the only company experiencing return-to-office issues.
Earlier this month, a leaked internal memo from JPMorgan showed morale had taken a hit in the wake of the RTO mandate.
Every year, employees are asked to complete a survey that asks them to assess aspects of the company culture, such as internal mobility, work-life balance and health and wellbeing.
An internal memo from CEO Jamie Dimon and Chief Human Resources Officer Robin Leopold, obtained by Barron's, revealed the company's health and wellbeing scores had dropped, with leaders attributing this to the return to office.
'Health and wellbeing scores remain favourable, though they dipped slightly year on year,' the memo stated.
'We know return full-time to the office has been an adjustment and one that not everyone agrees with, but we continue to believe in-person is how we do our best work and how we foster connections and mobility opportunities.'
Elsewhere, there have also been complaints of companies introducing RTO mandates but actually not having the capacity for everyone to come back.
Telecommunications giant AT&T required staff to come back to the office five days a week from January 2025.
In the wake of the return, several workers from the company's Atlanta offices told Business Insider that there was a shortage of available desks and the parking lots had become overcrowded.
There were also claims of increasingly long wait times for elevators, leading to the company posting signs with 'motivational quotes' encouraging staff to use the stairs.
Ms Moulynox said one of the key drivers behind the issues we are now seeing is a 'fundamental disconnect' between executive decision making and employee needs.
'The specific issues like desk shortages and inconsistent enforcement stem from companies trying to force a one-size-fits-all approach without understanding why employees value flexibility in the first place,' she said.
'When you mandate where people work without recognising that employees need flexibility for things like picking up children from school, managing family responsibilities, or avoiding toxic office dynamics, you're bound to face resistance and practical failures.'
Neal Woolrich, Director, Advisory in the Gartner HR practice, has also noticed that, not only are organisations struggling with unclear policies, there is also a lack of guidance for how leaders are meant to be applying the policies.
'So there's that lack of consistency, and that leads to feelings of inequity or unfairness,' he told news.com.au.
Mr Woolrich said some companies are also running into issues because they haven't established in advance how they are going to enforce the mandates.
'What we've seen over the last few years is that, where organisations have set a target for in-office attendance, on average, most organisations are just not getting close to that target,' he said.
This means that companies are now in the position where they have to get serious about their enforcement mechanism and how strict they want to be.
Mr Woolrich said the 'logical extension' is that not meeting in-office targets becomes a performance issue that could then impact promotions or pay rises.
On the extreme end of things, companies may be having to decide whether they exit people from the business for noncompliance to RTO mandates.
'Different organisations are taking different views to that. Some are using return-to-office mandates as a bit of a Trojan horse, and using it just as an excuse to exit people from the business quickly,' he said.
'Others don't necessarily want to go down that path, but then that might be where it leads to if they really want to be strict about in office attendance.'

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-23% 10% -13% 8% $ 16,340,625.00 BM8 Battery Age Minerals 0.055 2% 4% -45% -61% -48% $ 6,704,050.27 TBR Tribune Res Ltd 5 2% 4% 17% 42% 17% $ 262,340,385.00 FML Focus Minerals Ltd 0.37 -6% 61% 106% 147% 118% $ 104,593,905.43 VRC Volt Resources Ltd 0.004 -11% -20% 33% -33% 33% $ 23,423,889.92 ARV Artemis Resources 0.0055 -8% -21% -39% -54% -31% $ 15,214,032.99 HRN Horizon Gold Ltd 0.57 -2% 9% 43% 104% 19% $ 79,661,957.65 CLA Celsius Resource Ltd 0.0065 -7% -7% -35% -41% -41% $ 21,948,419.16 QML Qmines Limited 0.042 5% 17% -21% -30% -22% $ 18,134,750.00 RDN Raiden Resources Ltd 0.005 -17% -29% -55% -83% -55% $ 17,254,457.21 TCG Turaco Gold Limited 0.47 -2% 21% 77% 147% 84% $ 433,911,101.28 KCC Kincora Copper 0.039 8% 22% 50% -35% 44% $ 9,419,163.52 GBZ GBM Rsources Ltd 0.006 0% -33% -14% -40% -25% $ 7,026,419.87 DTM Dart Mining NL 0.003 -14% -25% -70% -84% -67% $ 3,594,166.73 MKR Manuka Resources. 0.041 3% 21% 58% 5% 46% $ 30,842,003.75 AUC Ausgold Limited 0.725 -4% 21% 77% 96% 73% $ 253,788,176.56 ANX Anax Metals Ltd 0.007 -13% -13% -48% -77% -42% $ 6,179,652.97 EMU EMU NL 0.02 18% 0% -23% -23% -26% $ 4,224,969.36 SFM Santa Fe Minerals 0.035 -8% -5% 21% -13% 13% $ 2,912,751.56 PNR Pantoro Gold Limited 3.19 -13% -2% 111% 111% 108% $ 1,237,360,738.95 CMM Capricorn Metals 10.49 10% 20% 58% 118% 67% $ 4,431,507,241.88 VRL Verity Resources 0.021 -19% -22% -2% -57% 8% $ 6,985,586.70 HAW Hawthorn Resources 0.068 39% 24% 66% 6% 66% $ 17,755,827.49 BGD Bartongoldholdings 0.905 6% 29% 269% 223% 269% $ 200,889,359.10 SVY Stavely Minerals Ltd 0.011 -8% -8% -35% -68% -35% $ 6,528,505.12 AGC AGC Ltd 0.155 -9% 3% -3% -47% 0% $ 41,055,555.52 RGL Riversgold 0.004 -11% 0% 33% -33% 0% $ 6,734,850.37 TSO Tesoro Gold Ltd 0.025 0% -7% 19% -22% 25% $ 44,660,653.42 GUE Global Uranium 0.065 0% 8% 27% -27% 8% $ 30,013,808.42 CPM Coopermetalslimited 0.036 0% 0% -5% -49% -22% $ 2,820,803.40 MM8 Medallion Metals. 0.25 -12% -4% 158% 363% 108% $ 124,618,194.05 FFM Firefly Metals Ltd 1.075 2% 17% 18% 36% 16% $ 637,522,208.46 CBY Canterbury Resources 0.031 7% 63% 24% -33% 41% $ 6,015,785.98 SLA Solara Minerals 0.175 3% 46% 116% -30% 94% $ 10,147,344.03 SFR Sandfire Resources 11.385 0% 8% 23% 32% 23% $ 5,233,419,204.00 TAM Tanami Gold NL 0.05 9% 32% 67% 61% 67% $ 57,579,755.25 NWM Norwest Minerals 0.012 -11% 20% -30% -48% 0% $ 11,620,302.74 ALK Alkane Resources Ltd 0.72 -3% 1% 43% 38% 41% $ 439,017,871.70 BMO Bastion Minerals 0.002 27% -15% -36% -58% -36% $ 1,419,960.35 IDA Indiana Resources 0.078 3% -1% 28% 83% 28% $ 49,490,399.27 GSM Golden State Mining 0.0075 7% -17% -6% -17% -6% $ 1,955,594.41 NSM Northstaw 0.032 -5% -8% 102% 148% 102% $ 8,757,648.00 GSN Great Southern 0.024 4% 9% 71% 60% 60% $ 23,923,302.96 VAU Vault Minerals Ltd 0.4125 -4% -4% 27% -7% 25% $ 2,789,014,086.62 DEG De Grey Mining 0 -100% -100% -100% -100% -100% $ 5,915,063,112.00 THR Thor Energy PLC 0.01 -9% -9% -23% -38% -23% $ 7,107,898.35 CDR Codrus Minerals Ltd 0.037 0% -3% 95% -23% 118% $ 8,062,640.78 MDI Middle Island Res 0.021 -16% 17% 50% 62% 75% $ 6,157,913.39 WTM Waratah Minerals Ltd 0.265 -23% -13% 71% 141% 71% $ 60,713,189.16 POL Polymetals Resources 0.815 -4% 1% 1% 220% 3% $ 204,232,215.14 RDS Redstone Resources 0.0035 17% -42% 40% -30% 40% $ 3,619,935.74 NAG Nagambie Resources 0.017 -6% -6% 6% 55% -6% $ 13,656,139.85 BGL Bellevue Gold Ltd 0.935 1% 6% -20% -49% -17% $ 1,395,128,171.12 GBR Greatbould Resources 0.073 3% 20% 70% 18% 70% $ 55,536,411.26 KAI Kairos Minerals Ltd 0.0305 13% 17% 135% 190% 154% $ 76,296,453.48 KAU Kaiser Reef 0.18 0% 9% 9% 24% 13% $ 100,902,845.50 HRZ Horizon 0.049 -11% 0% 26% 36% 23% $ 123,302,133.50 CDT Castle Minerals 0.076 -14% -19% 27% -49% 27% $ 9,628,794.31 RSG Resolute Mining 0.6 5% 3% 48% 20% 52% $ 1,298,720,507.93 EVN Evolution Mining Ltd 7.855 -10% -3% 63% 116% 63% $ 15,578,504,854.48 CXU Cauldron Energy Ltd 0.01 43% 14% -7% -61% -14% $ 14,664,046.09 DLI Delta Lithium 0.175 3% -13% 6% -22% 3% $ 125,394,813.60 ALY Alchemy Resource Ltd 0.005 0% -9% -29% -38% -29% $ 5,890,381.28 NH3 Nh3Cleanenergyltd 0.03 -9% 20% 58% 173% 67% $ 16,938,143.55 OBM Ora Banda Mining Ltd 0.915 -10% -9% 42% 158% 41% $ 1,751,893,791.45 AVW Avira Resources Ltd 0.007 0% 0% -65% -65% -65% $ 1,610,000.00 LCY Legacy Iron Ore 0.009 0% 0% 0% -33% -10% $ 87,858,383.26 PDI Predictive Disc Ltd 0.3875 -7% 2% 68% 104% 68% $ 1,035,072,490.97 MAT Matsa Resources 0.061 -13% -13% 74% 110% 74% $ 44,000,871.78 ZAG Zuleika Gold Ltd 0.018 50% 50% 38% -5% 38% $ 13,353,838.69 GML Gateway Mining 0.028 -10% 0% 22% 8% 33% $ 11,855,788.56 SBM St Barbara Limited 0.325 -12% 7% 10% 51% 44% $ 341,096,597.42 SBR Sabre Resources 0.009 0% 13% -10% -47% -10% $ 3,550,157.40 STK Strickland Metals 0.14 0% 27% 63% 27% 65% $ 305,418,572.60 CEL Challenger Gold Ltd 0.086 -1% 12% 126% 51% 83% $ 177,633,790.25 GG8 Gorilla Gold Mines 0.435 -11% -17% 67% 1446% 67% $ 279,429,093.42 NST Northern Star 20.34 -5% 8% 33% 52% 32% $ 29,113,820,447.62 OZM Ozaurum Resources 0.066 -8% -14% 154% 14% 120% $ 15,120,723.62 TG1 Techgen Metals Ltd 0.024 -4% -4% -29% -14% -31% $ 3,807,977.04 XAM Xanadu Mines Ltd 0.079 1% 0% 58% 32% 61% $ 178,714,472.74 AQI Alicanto Min Ltd 0.028 -13% 0% -24% 70% -24% $ 23,748,003.33 KTA Krakatoa Resources 0.012 0% 20% 33% 9% 26% $ 6,821,474.28 ARN Aldoro Resources 0.33 10% 3% 6% 400% -13% $ 57,296,432.03 WGX Westgold Resources. 2.945 -5% 13% -1% 25% 4% $ 2,801,035,779.30 MBK Metal Bank Ltd 0.011 -15% 10% -21% -52% -27% $ 5,472,048.98 A8G Australasian Metals 0.067 -3% -3% -13% -14% -15% $ 3,878,611.58 TAR Taruga Minerals 0.008 0% -11% -20% 14% -20% $ 6,423,786.52 DTR Dateline Resources 0.079 -21% 114% 2533% 778% 2157% $ 236,251,292.67 GOR Gold Road Res Ltd 3.36 -1% 2% 64% 107% 64% $ 3,650,300,841.60 S2R S2 Resources 0.064 -14% -28% -6% -35% -4% $ 33,523,787.98 NES Nelson Resources. 0.003 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $ 6,515,782.98 TLM Talisman Mining 0.135 -4% -10% -36% -48% -34% $ 24,481,645.37 BEZ Besragoldinc 0.056 30% 37% -16% -43% -38% $ 22,436,836.11 PRU Perseus Mining Ltd 3.555 -5% 5% 34% 51% 38% $ 4,849,508,582.72 SPQ Superior Resources 0.0035 -13% -13% -42% -50% -42% $ 9,483,930.90 PUR Pursuit Minerals 0.037 -10% -10% -66% -75% -61% $ 3,690,156.63 RMS Ramelius Resources 2.655 -6% 4% 23% 42% 28% $ 3,013,260,660.80 PKO Peako Limited 0.002 0% -20% -33% -35% -33% $ 4,463,225.88 ICG Inca Minerals Ltd 0.009 80% 80% 50% 29% 80% $ 14,187,510.56 A1G African Gold Ltd. 0.16 -3% 42% 220% 567% 191% $ 84,220,475.52 NMG New Murchison Gold 0.018 6% 20% 80% 300% 100% $ 177,315,301.93 GNM Great Northern 0.013 0% -24% -7% 8% -7% $ 2,164,807.08 KRM Kingsrose Mining Ltd 0.031 3% 0% -14% -23% -11% $ 24,112,848.61 BTR Brightstar Resources 0.5 -11% -29% 0% 33% 0% $ 241,014,510.72 RRL Regis Resources 4.705 -4% 2% 78% 170% 85% $ 3,490,307,131.08 M24 Mamba Exploration 0.012 0% -14% 0% -33% 0% $ 4,132,318.54 TRM Truscott Mining Corp 0.052 -5% -20% -33% -15% -33% $ 9,955,325.12 TNC True North Copper 0.355 13% 65% -88% -93% -88% $ 44,583,975.80 MOM Moab Minerals Ltd 0.001 0% 0% -50% -80% -50% $ 1,733,666.03 KNB Koonenberrygold 0.035 -20% -48% 192% 106% 192% $ 37,913,621.72 AWJ Auric Mining 0.175 3% -9% -51% 0% -49% $ 32,546,692.85 ENR Encounter Resources 0.26 13% 13% -13% -28% -20% $ 119,710,156.56 SNG Siren Gold 0.0505 -5% 3% -20% -42% -22% $ 10,948,530.45 STN Saturn Metals 0.385 4% 43% 97% 97% 88% $ 156,284,475.48 USL Unico Silver Limited 0.28 2% 27% 56% 93% 44% $ 122,624,251.40 PNM Pacific Nickel Mines 0.024 0% 0% 0% -17% 0% $ 10,103,834.52 AYM Australia United Min 0.003 50% 0% -25% 50% -25% $ 5,527,732.46 HAV Havilah Resources 0.18 -3% 6% -14% 0% -20% $ 62,762,414.76 SPR Spartan Resources 2.08 -6% 4% 59% 154% 48% $ 2,588,762,477.66 PNT Panthermetalsltd 0.014 0% 8% 40% -31% 27% $ 4,212,663.67 MEK Meeka Metals Limited 0.155 -11% 24% 104% 400% 101% $ 377,355,775.50 GMD Genesis Minerals 4.61 -3% 17% 81% 155% 87% $ 5,097,869,029.00 PGO Pacgold 0.067 -1% -6% -9% -36% -11% $ 9,940,386.82 FEG Far East Gold 0.16 7% 10% -11% 52% -11% $ 56,889,255.22 MI6 Minerals260Limited 0.125 -7% -14% -4% 0% -4% $ 248,079,999.96 IGO IGO Limited 3.885 -8% -6% -21% -35% -19% $ 3,066,934,642.65 GAL Galileo Mining Ltd 0.105 -19% -9% -13% -49% -16% $ 20,750,617.34 RXL Rox Resources 0.295 2% 5% 64% 111% 48% $ 216,100,888.87 PTN Patronus Resources 0.07 6% 21% 43% 25% 43% $ 114,617,846.28 CLZ Classic Min Ltd 0.001 0% 0% 0% -50% 0% $ 2,790,941.81 TGM Theta Gold Mines Ltd 0.135 -4% 13% -27% -4% -25% $ 118,722,864.51 FAL Falconmetalsltd 0.13 -7% 0% 0% -48% 13% $ 26,550,000.00 SPD Southernpalladium 0.6 0% 208% 0% 43% 0% $ 66,843,750.00 ORN Orion Minerals Ltd 0.011 0% -8% -27% -27% -27% $ 75,354,926.00 TMB Tambourahmetals 0.022 -12% -12% -4% -67% 5% $ 3,235,981.01 TMS Tennant Minerals Ltd 0.006 0% -14% -33% -70% -33% $ 6,395,342.49 AZY Antipa Minerals Ltd 0.74 -4% 35% 196% 517% 185% $ 434,657,168.25 PXX Polarx Limited 0.0075 -6% -6% 7% -32% 15% $ 17,816,257.34 TRE Toubani Res Ltd 0.29 -5% 7% 115% 57% 71% $ 74,618,436.37 AUN Aurumin 0.097 8% 45% 67% 162% 47% $ 47,448,973.82 GPR Geopacific Resources 0.0225 -6% 18% 16% 10% 13% $ 73,196,702.50 FXG Felix Gold Limited 0.145 -3% -3% 67% 174% 73% $ 59,630,786.15 ILT Iltani Resources Lim 0.225 2% -6% 25% -32% 10% $ 12,922,541.66 BRX Belararoxlimited 0.06 0% -48% -67% -69% -66% $ 9,308,947.43 TM1 Terra Metals Limited 0.048 14% 60% 118% 55% 71% $ 23,894,848.30 TOR Torque Met 0.125 -4% 26% 145% -14% 136% $ 64,854,955.88 ARD Argent Minerals 0.022 -15% 22% 29% 47% 29% $ 31,815,090.56 LM1 Leeuwin Metals Ltd 0.1325 -5% 2% 121% 128% -5% $ 12,600,798.00 SX2 Southgold Consol 7.935 5% 37% 0% 0% 0% $ 1,114,325,536.00 UVA Uvrelimited 0.09 0% -10% 6% -18% 1% $ 5,418,000.09 VTX Vertexmin 0.26 -13% 11% 41% 206% 25% $ 56,478,241.96 Zuleika Gold (ASX:ZAG) Mark Creasy backed Zuleika Gold has a bone to pick with $1.5 billion ASX gold miner Catalyst Metals (ASX:CYL) through no smaller a forum than the WA Supreme Court ... actually it's a bone that's already been picked with Vango Mining, which Catalyst acquired a couple years back. It's going to head there in October this year to find out the quantum of damages payable by Catalyst after the Supreme Court found in March 2022 that entities now owned by Catalyst had wrongfully repudiated a JV agreement which "prevented Zuleika from earning up to 50% of the beneficial interest" in the tenement hosting the K2, K1 and PHB-1 prospects and the K2 Area at its project in the Plutonic gold district. 'It has taken five long years to get to this stage but, on behalf of and for all Zuleika Shareholders, I am pleased we can finally present to the Supreme Court the significant opportunity lost to us when the Catalyst Entities breached Zuleika's rights under the BTS Agreement," Zuleika exec chair Annie Guo said. 'This includes denying Zuleika's immediate beneficial interest in 4.1% of the Tenement and K2 Area, and therefore 4.1% of the underlying gold resource, and denying Zuleika the opportunity to earn in up to a 50% interest in the Tenement and K2 Area in alignment with the terms of the BTS Agreement. 'We long ago identified the potential and prospectivity of the Tenement and K2 Area and are not surprised that – today – they are earmarked to underpin the future of the Plutonic Gold Project. 'The Court has already confirmed that Zuleika was denied its rights under the BTS Agreement – and dismissed the Catalyst Entities' appeal – so Zuleika's focus now is to ensure we receive fair value for what is owed to us. 'Zuleika will provide further updates as this long-running litigation finally reaches its conclusion.' The 81,000oz K2 underground is now a planned satellite for Catalyst's Plutonic gold mine, with Zuleika claiming for losing the right to 50% of the K2 project, and unpaid entitlements under the sale agreement and royalty deed listed at $6m, legal costs and the transfer of a 4.1% beneficial interest in the tenement and K2 Area. Catalyst meanwhile has tried to distance itself from the situation, saying the Zuleika announcement, which references incidents that happened long before it acquired Vango Mining in 2023, is just the statement of trial dates and "conveys no new or material information". It says the dates have been known to Zuleika and Catalyst since they were set on April 11. "As to why these dates have only become material to Zuleika now is not known to Catalyst," the company said. "The Board of Catalyst considers this to be nothing more than an attempt to generate publicity and exert leverage against the defendants in the context of the forthcoming Supreme Court hearing," CYL told the ASX. Cazaly was up there in the past week after starting RC drilling at the Duke of York gold prospect. The 2000m drill program will test beneath historical gold workings at the target, part of its Goongarrie gold project to the north of Kalgoorlie. Historical drill intercepts at Duke of York included strikes of 13m at 3.5g/t and 8m at 10.7g/t on the margin of mafic and sedimentary rock under the old Duke of York workings. 'I am extremely pleased to announce that drilling has commenced at Duke of York, the first of many gold targets to be tested in this highly prospective district," MD Tara French said. "Our team has worked extremely hard to obtain approvals which places us on the ground less than 3 months after exercising the option to earn up to 80% of the Goongarrie Gold project with Brightstar Resources (ASX:BTR). "It's a very exciting time to be drilling beneath historical gold workings in the eastern goldfields, and we can't wait to see the results of this first drilling campaign.'